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Best Space Poems

Below are the all-time best Space poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of space poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member View It From Afar
To appreciate our planet;
begin with its snowcapped mountains,
where sunbeams morph crystals of ice
into gems of glistening light.

Witness white clouds traverse the skies
floating on a vista...

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Categories: space, beautiful, earth, imagery, imagination,
Form: Blank verse



Premium Member Flight
You gave me wings 
    to experience the 
         freedom of flight 
 ...

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Categories: space, beauty, death, flying, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member To Boldly Go
My training at Starfleet was over, they were now deploying me
I was over the moon when they called; I was full of glee
I entered the...

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Categories: science fiction, space,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Kiss of the Eagle
Many eons passed on Earth, who only saw your face
Untouched your virgin body, floating there in space
Waxing, waning, gibbous, crescent, quarter, full and new
Selene the...

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© Roy Jerden  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: adventure, space, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member the ruby spires -
there, among those Ruby Spires
          stood I, a-gazing toward the mist
     ...

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Categories: space, adventure, beauty, science fiction,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme



Premium Member Terra Incognita
Peering beyond reach of human capacity
I revolve around the sun in a solar orbit,
Looking deep in space for origins of bygone
Going way beyond anyone has...

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Categories: science, space, stars, universe,
Form: Personification
Premium Member The Butterfly Nebula
Butterfly Nebula

Far away in the night
A sky full of stars
A song full of notes
A story full of words
And, most importantly…
A poem, full of Light!



I can...

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: space, angel, beauty, courage, Lullaby,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mind vs World: A Poetic Singularity
Let me lead you on a voyage to the singularity,
where mind and world collide.

What is the mind?
A filter that selects and connects,
   the...

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Categories: space, imagination, mystery, parody, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Who Am I
I am the ring around Saturn
spinning words as particles of ice and dust
with the power to transcend

I am the original chosen to be right here...

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© Humble B  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: space, black african american, faith,
Form: Verse
Premium Member The Stars and Beyond
As we speculate the clear evening sky
Iridescent with gems, which we call stars,
Alive in our hearts stir the endless dream
To unwind and solve the puzzles...

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Categories: adventure, space, stars, universe,
Form: Sestina
Premium Member Cosmos Configurator
When I gaze far off into the night sky
The chaos is not pleasing to the eye.
Seems there was never an overall plan
When the beginning of...

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Categories: fantasy, space, old, star,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Premium Member Thats a Sin
A whole new twist to the same old story
Evil scientist in their laboratories
Creating monsters that live in the night
I often reflect on mankind's plight
As mankind...

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Categories: space, confusion, faith, life, people,
Form: Couplet
Crescent Waltz
She slants her shining, golden glance
Across desert, mountains, rivers, plants
Greets her rising, true romance
In the purpling, opposite skies

Her lunar love, her heart’s delight
Soars to ever...

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Categories: space, allegory, friendship, life, love,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Premium Member The Relativity of Beyond
Bacteria, too small for human eyes
engage their fight for life within our midst,
so unaware of Earth's gigantic spies
with microscopes and slides, who co-exist.

And tiny fish,...

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Categories: life, relationship, space, universe,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member aching sky -
I knelt amidst the mountain's rise
        beneath the weeping opal skies
       ...

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Categories: space, adventure, beauty, fantasy, imagination,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs