Long John glenn Poems

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
features of earth,
from two hundred miles above
its surface.

And reflects upon
the physical violence
of energetic movement
that formed...

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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 call of the alpha male!
Warriors leave a bloody trail.

George Washington, man on the...

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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...

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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 created for the non believing kings
Forgetting the...

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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,
traveling through space to land upon...

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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 java
i want to ride...

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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.
 
What...

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