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John Glenn Poems - Poems about John Glenn


Premium Member during take-off i shouted, 'GODSPEED, JOHN GLENN'
...the plane ascended. i yelled it. this straw in the wind; fly fly fly i felt it was a necessary affectation to ensure a safer flight or rather a calmer form of passenger bring out the jav......

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Categories: john glenn, age, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Colonization
...In the nineteen sixties, growing up, ideas filled my overflowing cup. The future then was hopeful and bright. It took eight minutes for golden light to shine to the earth down from the sun, trav......

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Categories: john glenn, childhood, imagination, space,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Vostok 1
...Vostok 1 Within the time allotted of eighty-nine minutes, to orbit the planet at 17,500 miles per hour; The Russian Cosmonaut inside the Vostok capsule espies the distinctive feature......

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Categories: john glenn, earth, history, science, space,
Form: Prose
Alphabet Games
...Albatross flying through the sky without wings Brainless minds can't think of such things Creating a barrier around the walls of rings Developing a fever, luckily no one ever sings Evolution was ......

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Categories: john glenn, poems,
Form: Abecedarian
Premium Member Moon Is Made of Swiss Cheese
...It's 1969, time of the great Apollo 11 mission The world stopped and acknowledged this first admission Man's amazing feat Most amazing since meat John Glenn was first to discredit the che......

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Categories: john glenn, moon,
Form: Limerick



Moon Landing
...Fifty years ago, Neil Armstrong Walked upon on the moon, An act unparalleled which caused All 'round the world to swoon. Yet memory's a funny thing, 'Cause in my brain, like glue, More than ......

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Categories: john glenn, moon,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Turkmen Oilmen Who Work For Nasa--
... again, big Ben, Airmen, and then, wise men John Glenn transenne flagmen gunmen, pitchmen Turkmen oilmen lawmen, brood den unpen, bullpen 6/27/1......

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Categories: john glenn, analogy, metaphor, word play,
Form: Footle
Premium Member Once Was An Illustrator
...Once was an illustrator, sketched portraits of famous peeps Mailed each 2 copies, one to sign and return, other to keep Received over a thousand Friends were totally astounded John Wayne,......

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Categories: john glenn, creation,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Two Outta Three
...Wonder if phenoms like Elvis and The Beatles Will be remembered a hundred years from now I would hazard a guess they'll be fondly remembered Just like John Glenn, Donald Trump, and Mickey ......

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Categories: john glenn, fun,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Once Was An Illustrator
...Once was an illustrator, sketched portraits of famous peeps Mailed each 2 copies, one to sign and return, other to keep Received over a thousand Friends were totally astounded John Wayne,......

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Categories: john glenn, career,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member John Glenn
...John Glenn, an honored citizen. A renowned astronaut and senator, too, an American hero, brave and true. 4/8/17......

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Categories: john glenn, america, celebrity, hero,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member The Astraunot - John Glenn
...THE ASTRONAUT = John Glenn 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. Wh......

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Categories: john glenn, god, hope, humanity, love,
Form: Sonnet
The Call of the Alpha Male
...Robin Hood, man in tights Julius Caesar, might makes right Alexander, called "the Great" Sitting Bull, righteous hate Robert the Bruce, Attila the Hun Charlemagne, Napoleon Hear the c......

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Categories: john glenn, funny, hero, humorous, men,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Guessing Games
...From the moment we met, he played a game Started out telling me to guess his name And when I asked, “Don?” He responded, “Right on!” This lucky guess led to more of the same “What do......

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Categories: john glenn, me, space,
Form: Limerick

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