Vostok 1
...Vostok 1
Within the time allotted
of eighty-nine minutes,
to orbit the planet
at 17,500 miles per hour;
The Russian Cosmonaut
inside the Vostok capsule
espies the distinctive
feature...
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Categories:
alan shepard, earth, history, science, space,
Form: Prose
Four
...Alan Shepard, astronaut, took golf balls to the moon
He whacked them only when he knew that he’d be leaving soon
‘One flew two hundred yards,’ he said, ‘and as I recollect
one came down in a crate...
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Categories:
alan shepard, golf, space,
Form: Rhyme
Amelia Earhart
...Amelia Earhart
David J Walker
Betcha didn’t know
A previously undiscovered crater
on the moon
Was named for Amelia Earhart.
And if I go real soon
I’ll take part
In the tourist excursion...
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Categories:
alan shepard, allusion, immigration, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme