Astronaut Poems

June's Astronaut

June's Astronaut
He claws and scrapes
Letting out something of a growl
Stills time stills all attempts and quests for normal thefts
May is gone
Life becomes June
Young trees reaching further and further everyday 
Wild fires burn their pros and cons protect nothing except energy
Here comes the wind
Flames themselves free
They aren't of yesterday's creed
They have a beat
Ill tell you where

Astronaut

I stood upon the Great Chinese Wall
and drank a pint of alcohol. 
'Twas then I had a thought, 
and heaved a heavy sigh. 
A bird is happy in the sky
when he spreads his wings to fly. 
He is so, is he not?

I saw a bird who could not be caught, 
a little avian astronaut.
'Twas then

Wannabe Wallaby

    so

a possum who wanted to be
not a possum but a wallaby

    but 

a wallaby who wanted to be
a whatever whatever he

    and more

like an adventurer high
in a hot air balloon
or an astronaut off
on a trip to the moon

    or even

a rider of

Moon by Jim Barlow

Meaningless thoughts drift slowly across my mind
Surrounded by bright gray and ebony sky.
Magnificent desolation envelopes me.

No perceived horizon,
All is calm, devoid of 
Air, wind, and rain.

I breathe and take in
The stark beauty of a pristine 
Celestial world.
Undisturbed and powdered beneath my feet
The cratered landscape reminds me
That I am an intruder,
In a realm unfamiliar
But majestically beautiful.

Magnificently

High Class

I was an elementary school teacher, with dreaming eyes to the rosy future,
Like the emerald, cherry blossom season, arriving later rather than sooner.

As a creative teacher, I was so popular, as children were my pearled world,
Like the blooming cloud covered expanse, where spicy wind's lately swirled.

I looked forward to adventurous hours, like time with no

Boy Astronaut

Willie was a boy astronaut
the first one allowed in outer space
Not a commander, but a commander-in-training
Every night, he was on another adventure

Can he ever just stay home? His daddy asked.
No, Mommy said. He has wanderlust. He has to keep moving.
Maybe I could go? Daddy suggested.
Willie laughed that idea out the door.

Daddy, we are all kids.
The

The Lonely Astronaut

I would love 
to live on Jupiter and Saturn 
but I will still miss everyone 
because out here in the galaxy
is such a lonely place to be
without a sandy beach
or some coconut waterin zero gravity
to add some salt water
and vitamins to my soul
but at least there is still the sun
the only remnant of the beach

Astronaut Clock

Astronaut clock with a willie weddie wee
Your moon landing knocked the punch out of me
I was holding my breath when I saw you on TV
If you think I was bad, you should have seen my brother Lee.

We were yelling and cheering when you took your first step.
With a hey robo, hey robo we were shaking

Astronaut Flight

Fighting against the iron grip of gravity, its power over this vessel decreases and we slip through its clutching fingers.
Breaking through astronomical barriars into the darkness of space this force of earth no longer lingers.
Into an emense and endless galaxies of stars, we pause here and there taking in wisdom and enjoying each blissful atmosphere.
Into

Astronaut

When dawns your own world, when
From another's blank horizon
Rises your brother's habitation
Can it be overlooked then?

Stretching with the sympathies
Out from coldness of craters
Approached are the Maker's
Fixed sensibilities.

The Astronaut

I ponder after gazing back at the brilliant blaze and flaming embers ever thrusting forward into the unknown abyss of endless space. 
How wondrous and ominous are the surroundings generating an exuberant feeling of being part of this endless place?
Fairing ever deeper into unconquered regions with excitement and anticipation.
Discovering the pure evidence of the great

The Astronaut

Straddling fire, he rode bursting through space,
fearless trust wearing an astronaut's face.

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Astronaut

ASTRONAUT 2021
As certain as I see the world below
some things I'd overlooked, within my haste
come to my mind, and in it now, I know
we can't allow what time remains to waste.
 
What God's become, because we've let it be,
would change if only you'd see what I do,
spread out below, right here in front of me
a

Harnessing Space

They blasted off, breaking the bonds of Earth,
reaching for the edge of space
Cracking a hole in the great blue ceiling
that will nevermore be replaced.

Astronauts in their cloaks of pride,
bravery, their Tour de Force, in place.
The spirit of the first explorer, Alan Sheppard,
rode with them as they harnessed space.

Astronaut Cat John

Astronaut Cat John is crazy he heard through the pipe.
He had no idea who was dissing him, but it sounded like a gripe.
He’s kind of handsome, another feline purred, she said it sweetly.
He would like to know who that was, he hoped it was Miss Sheetly.

Miss Sheetly became a member of the crew before they

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