Best Andromeda Poems
He's strumming the guitar strings as if they weep,
near a warm campfire on a cold December night.
Sad chords of his song hold many secrets to keep.
Through Ponderosa pines, whistling winds sweep
while a silver moon hovers, lustrous and bright.
He's strumming the guitar strings as if they weep.
Visions of her appear. Each cutting cruelly deep,
memories that should never be brought to light.
Sad chords of his song hold many secrets to keep.
The fire sputters, causing golden flames to leap,
crimson embers and dark ashes rise up in flight.
He's strumming the guitar strings as if they weep.
Over rolling plains, echoing cries of coyotes sweep.
His heart fills with regret and he's gravely contrite.
Sad chords of his song hold many secrets to keep.
Serenading Andromeda, too restless for sleep.
Fingers picking the fret as he sings about his plight,
he's strumming the guitar strings as if they weep.
sad chords of his song hold many secrets to keep.
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We look and see a blur
within the sky at night
how far she whirls from us
but if we have the aid
of Hubble’s telescope
it will reveal a trillion stars
like grains of sand that swell
an earthly beach or riverbank
though many light years past
this galaxy and ours will meet
ten billion years from now
when man and sun are gone
she and the Milky Way
sent swirling through infinity
un pas de deux immensité.
bright star
intense night glow
captures black celestial realm
overpowering nearby planets
His eye is upon us
Copyright © 2012 By Caryl S. Muzzey
Aethiopia is a land of exquisite beauty,
Inhabited by a princess worthy of its charms.
And the king her father thought it his duty
To boast of her glamour in spite of envious alarms.
So the lovely Andromeda sitting on the shore,
Her long hair waving seaward in the salty breeze,
Has been chained to rock by vengeance heretofore.
But the brave Perseus arrives and her he frees,
After slaying the sea monster with a vicious gore.
Now Andromeda is the goddess of all my dreams,
Who reigns supreme in the celestial sphere.
Her beauty is yet unique in the heavenly schemes,
And can cause clouds and tempest to disappear.
If I for a moment neglect to confess her glamour,
Savage beast would roar her praise from lust.
The most ardent lover she forces to stammer,
Her charms makes their tongues unable to adjust,
For it is that womanly way she has with men to enamour.
The forests, streams and all of nature are her gift,
Since every creature with a heart she delights.
O God make me her Perseus and please be swift,
For she is my only dream on starry nights.
My brand is honed sharp to slay the dragon,
And the keys to her chains lay buried in my sack.
We will fly away on a Pegasus drawn wagon,
And sail the celestial ocean in a star guided yacht.
To toast life eternal, may I lift this star-studded flagon?
I AM
one of the swirling celestial bodies
trailing beyond a galaxy’s realm so luminous...
and Jupiter’s neon threads spin , while Orion
and meteors glide along planetary zones
with glazed fingers of light,
floating on colored frames. Somehow,
I am many when my stars parade,
aligning with earth, bursting from each equinox.
And my outer spirit reels into a lunar dance;
every axis heightening flamed energy
while humans throb in their own center...
a metallic twirl, a rhymed tap
entering into a MULTIVERSE, chaste as
the blending circles of moon, dust, sun...
and mankind tries to understand
this wonder of this fluid spectacle---
halo of my Andromeda crown...till
a voice from Genesis echoes,
' Now the whole world has one language.'
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Thvia Shetley's The Cosmos Contest
* Since 1924, astronomers believed there
were nebulae outside the Milky Way. One of
them was known as the Andromeda
Submitted with revisions: 10/12/2017
Andromeda covers
the osprey fledglings
with a cloud of stars
Dear maiden Andromeda up in the sky.
I gaze upon you on a clear, starry night.
What a beautiful sight you are to my eye.
For ages, you have been a cosmic delight.
You were named for someone in mythology.
The stars outline you, and display your beauty.
Your brave hero Perseus will come your way.
He is strong and mighty, and will save the day.
Robert Pettit for Nette’s Sexy Poem contest
a planet in Andromeda
in a meteor shower
light years away
inhabited by androids
mining camp
Love, be like none other;
Let no reason be unkind.
What mercy shall uncover,
My desired heart and mind?
Let me someday find,
Beyond poetic worth,
Once a day in time,
A queen upon the Earth.
'Neath the moonlight,
Standing still,
Chained to rock,
Against my will,
Staring at the ocean deep,
That seems to me like eternity,
I strive so hard to free my chains,
But even as the moon doth wane,
I still stand,
Chained to that rock,
And my strength begins to fade,
Every crashing wave I hear,
Brings on bitter,lonely tears,
I try to tell myself that
Someone will take me away,
Away to a better place,
But as my consciousness falls astray,
I start to despair,
That someone else,
Will never come to save me from my lair,
But then I hear a voice,
That tells me to hold on,
Just a little longer,
She said she won't be long,
Then I feel my chains are gone,
I'm wrapped in loving arms.
Finished drastically
Sail through the sea
Enjoy life
Become superman
Live comfortably
Then; be with one
Tackles
No?
I think not
I used to teach A for Andromeda, a play
As back as in late sixties.
I desire to buy the star Andromeda
Of the Andromeda galaxy
From the cosmologist Fred Hoyle.
Let she be my ruling star
For my sweetie Charmer Iris.
Oh fair biological built Andromeda
Of short childhood and immortal youth
Quite Ignorant of all feelings
To teach you love they touched you softly
To teach you pain they pinched you.
My heavenly passions have flown
Yours is the blushing hours
I invoke you to rise early
And delay your departure.
Shine where my charmer Iris breathe
Shine on her flowers-scented path
Where gentle air winnows
Her silken tresses darkly flow.
And fall upon her brow so fair
Shine on Iris when she is here
And guide this pilgrim to her.
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Sixth Placement
Contest: Shining Star
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I taught A for Andromeda, a one-act play in late sixties.I have imagined Andromeda a star in
the galaxy of the same name for my Charmer Iris. I am inspired right by the title Shining
star.
The Milky Way's nearest neighbor in space is the spiral galaxy, Andromeda. It was first seen
by the naked eye in 964 by a Persian astronomer, Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, who believed it to
be a small cloud. It was first seen by a telescope in 1612 by Simon Marius.
I wanted to buy the star
Andromeda from cosmologist
Fred Hoyle for my
dead sweetie Iris.
To build her in lab for
short childhood, lasting youth
To teach her love will touch softly
for pain will pinch her.
I invoke you to rise
delay your departure
to shine on her as you find
guide this pilgrim to her.
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June 24, 2014
Form: Naani (Syllables 25 per stanza on www.howmanysyllables.com
Dr. Ram Mehta
Thgird Place win
Contest: Shine with yiour Naani by nette onclaud
**I taught A for Andromeda, a one-act play in late sixties. The Milky Way's nearest neighbor in space is the spiral galaxy, Andromeda. It was first seen by a telescope in 1612 by Simon Marius. It was first seen by the naked eye in 1964 by a Persian astronomer, Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi. Andromeda. She is biologically built in a lab with very short childhood
within few months she is in her youth. She lacked one thing. She had not feelings. One has got teach her what is pain pleasure, hate etc. etc.
star site
unchained spiral
light spinner showering falls
fill the eye of wakening man
form sentient tomorrows
dream dance
made fair opal
tears of joy enliven we
sleep being not a choice writhe on
eternity waits not
Poet:Debbie Guzzi
Contest:Pen a Pensee
Date: July 1, 2012
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