Astronomer Poems - Poems about Astronomer

An absolutely truthful account... (strangely, including the contest’s mandatory ’*’) Twas something like nineteen seventy seven I saw a guy on a bridge gazing at heaven... I was sat fishing, set up for the night The night that that fella would give me a fright A full moon aglow in an ebony sky Permitted the sight of that very strange guy He...

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I am no great astronomer, I am By no means a seer But the stars sparkle in time with The beat of my heart And shooting stars come out Every night Full moon or no moon My darkness has faded A blanket removed from my soul Breath moves the clouds away So clear the night sky Passes down Holding me to the Earth so close Keeping me...

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Once there was an astronomer named Boone. Claimed he saw a cow jump over the moon! That could not be verified. Boone was later certified, Poor man, to be...

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THE ASTRONOMER’S RETURN An astronomer tetchy but famous When his theories were placed in question Returned this contortive suggestion “Why don’t you go gaze at Uranus!”...

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There once was a handsome astronomer Though he tried he couldn't be any stranger For every solar eclipse He'd do a couple of flips In his tutu he was quite the number AP: Honorable Mention 2020 Submitted on February 28, 2019 for contest WHAT I LIKE sponsored by MAUREEN McGREAVY and on January 4, 2019 for LIMERICKS POETRY CONTEST sponsored by JOSEPH...

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There was an astronomer called Kurt Had star patterns all over his shirt Discovered a new planet Named it after wife Janet But then on his lens found it was dirt. Disappointed he hit the town’s bars Tried crossing the road dodging the cars But then he ran out of luck Kurt got flattened by a truck Now he is up there amongst...

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Most astronomers gaze up at the stars But Freddy took pretty women to bars -- He'd get in big brawls Crash into brick walls -- When he came to, he'd have sworn he saw Mars...

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There was an astronomer "Peeping Lars". Who used his telescope for more than stars. He stared at Mrs. Claire's derriere and bare pair. Got caught, now Lars star gazes behind bars. 1/3/19...

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Away from the city, away from the world, On top of the mountain which sleeps in the cold, A humble astronomer stares at a star. How lonesome our planet must seem from afar! He ponders the spaces of wearisome void, Celestial empires unknown or destroyed, Continuous mingling of matter and light. What frightening pageant for man’s feeble sight! The whirl of the spheres,...

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Astronomer If the universe created me to be its cosmic conscience And all else, I presumed to be, turned out demonstrable nonsense What could I say to reconcile this awfully sickening fact I'd concede defeat gracefully and, take it all back But I'm looking at the darkness and an ever wheeling sky knowing my ancestors learned stuff... like the value of pi Achieving this state of...

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Stone steps To the top of the tower - At least a hundred - In a spiral staircase; Regularly spaced, Worn by many feet And time, Yet as strong as the day They were quarried Out of local granite. Taking the polished brass Handrail, I started to climb; Eventually, Stopping midway To catch my breath, And massage my aching calves. Reaching the telescope at last, I Smiled and gazed up...

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Kinshala: to me, you are an artfull inspiration the first (from many) of whom to attract such gravitation, I feel the stars....they beckon me when I hear footfalls ...

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When I saw the learned Astronomer Chasing stars from his clumsy steeple I heard the fate of Andromeda in the curse of a thousand people Fallen! Broken! Praise be Damned! The star has flown and will never land!...

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