Best Astronauts Poems

Is that a sphinx we see on Mars
      Resembling the one in Egypt
Just how were the pyramids built
     And pharaohs placed in lavish crypts

When Mars’ oceans began to dry
     Did species seek...

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AQUATIC ASTRONAUTS

beneath blue depths they train
it feels a lot like home no gravity
you see
moon shine and ripples
floating bloated bodies
and airtight head gear
of steel

here they speak universal 
truths
vernacular bubbles
in claustrophobic
booths
delusional dialogue 
hydra hallucination 
days of depraved
youths

brains strain blended in bends
above harsh daylight hammers 
pound
buried under static...

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My untimely Lover,
Take in the notion that this 
Is not the proper moment.
This is not the moment to be seen
Or get fed.
This isn't the part where the rain falls
Or when the clouds decide
That beacons should take over by dusk.
I have considered many long nights
Past the...

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Astronauts

Everyone makes mistakes, even scientists.
They used to think earth was flat.
Now, they fly around it.

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
January 20, 2010

Poetic form: Kimo...

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Do you remember that time we danced on the moon, our bodies entangled, our breath in tune.

Yes, you took my breath away. Like I'd left the earth.

After you I was floating in space. You took me to a different place. Like I'd seen all the...

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Astronauts - out to space
To extend the human race!
Look for planets and stars galore
The life will never be a bore!...

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As the vastness of heaven falls before my eyes
The twinkling of its luminous dwellers reveals presence
Allowing my eyes to focus on the depth of the skies

Feeling at one with the greatness of the many stars
I feel comfort in the genuine sparkle, almost as an accolade
Thereby...

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So I heard some fake news the other day.

Fake news.

Fake news about a mothers sons bruise, 
because he bit off more than he could chew.
Her aching mind always at odds because she couldn't diffuse the situation that made the accused,
depression, 
her sons namesake.

Fake news.
Stemming from...

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Lost Astronauts

		Another black day in our land;
		Our hearts are filled with grief.
		There is only one place to turn,
		To find needed relief.

		Dear God please meet them at Your gates
		They dared to reach so high.
		Is mankind growing much too bold;
		Are we not meant to fly?

		Our president has...

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They left  home nine months ago,
they didn't go to war... they went to outer space!

they kissed their loved ones, their family.
and went to the farthest reaches... in a special spaceship!

They promised to return, although they knew,
perhaps that wouldn't happen...!

When they left, they knew:
the world...

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Watching astronauts who fall in love is always fun.
These two had a united front that yelled out “one”.
The greatest relationship if extremely well done.
Two together, united in thinking is powerful, son....

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For a man....

A calendar marks fifty years
since an audacious mission,
a rare moment of global unity,
a leap forward.  

But there is no leap, no grand
accomplishment without small steps.
Before female computers
slide rule math was machined 
into mechanical gears, 
then encoded in ones and zeroes, 
first in...

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