Best Explorers Poems

Lifting off from Earth with a blast
The first manned mission to Mars at last
Moving  past red dwarfs real fast
With neutron stars going past
Celestial  fireworks of a  supernova in full view
As through the Milky Way at warp speed we flew

Mars would become our...

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We are new colonists and we embrace 
A hostile and unforgiving land. Lay 
Claim to clay covered gold by grace 
And the callous palms of tired hands, 
But the weary lesson lidded, did not 
Stay night's strife and eyes' sands. 
We poor Don Quixotes have...

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Guadalcanal 2019

Tour boat, ice-blue water.
Five rubber rafts,
12 heroes each, approach
Antarctic 'beach'.

‘Explorer’: 'Look! Penguins!'
Rest chirp approval, focus Canons,
shoot the penguins left and right.
'Great' 'Wonderful'.  

Two hours later, 3-star restaurant,
Tierra del Fuego.
'Global warming...' 
from the end of the table. 

Heads nod assent. Crab dinner,  
good...

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I do not hear the words, far too busy in my ears
laying golden tracks of forceful movement 
They carry me away, away. always to away.
Stretch horizon, many ones and zeros, far away.
Starlit destination on that noblest of hill.
Girls and ladies youthful arms, all reaching for...

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When the conscious refuses to stay silent, 
It begins to torment the barrier of our lives. 
Which is why we get into our guards... 
Trying to quiet our guilty conscience. 
 
We can run, and we can hide from our deeds, 
But eventually we want...

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As the ocean reaches out its hand 
Wind circulates its natural fan
Greeting the water’s kind gesture 
A sandy shore with much need for an investor 
Out in the distance there was a visual show 
Dialogue could be heard ‘land ho’ 
Planting a flag was a...

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