To the moon and back
If you ever doubt the words that fall from my lips,
The ones that sting, the ones that bruise, the ones that slip.
Know I’ll write your worth across the stars,
Carve your name on Neptune, let Jupiter linger in your scars.
I’ll tell you I love you, even when it’s wrong,
I’ll make it real, make it first,
some call me Neil Armstrong, he may be the first to touch the moon,
but I will be first to tell you I love you, morning, night, and noon.
I’ll paint your beauty on Mercury, the closest to the sun,
Let its light blaze bright as I whisper, “You’re still the one.”
I’ll make the stars burn brighter than they’ve ever shone,
Mark your name across the galaxy, so you’ll never be alone.
The one in my dreams, the galaxy’s farthest reach,
The brightest, wildest star, the lesson love will teach.
I’ll paint you on Earth, in space, in the heart I guard where your fingers continue to trace.
So if you doubt the words I tremble to say,
Just know I’ve painted you across the Milky Way.
If you ever doubt the words that fall from my lips,
The ones that sting, the ones that bruise, the ones that slip.
Know I’ll write your worth across the stars,
Carve your name on Neptune, let Jupiter linger in your scars.
I’ll tell you I love you, even when it’s wrong,
I’ll make it real, make it first,
I'll repeat Neil Armstrong, he may be the first to touch the moon,
but I will be first to tell you I love you, morning, night, and noon.
I’ll paint your beauty on Mercury, the closest to the sun,
Let its light blaze bright as I whisper, “You’re still the one.”
I’ll make the stars burn brighter than they’ve ever shone,
Mark your name across the galaxy, so you’ll never be alone.
The one in my dreams, the galaxy’s farthest reach,
The brightest, wildest star, the lesson love will teach.
I’ll paint you on Earth, in space, in the heart I guard where your fingers continue to trace.
So if you doubt the words I tremble to say,
Just know I’ve painted you across the Milky Way.
the eagle has landed
July 20th, 1969
Apollo II’s lunar module
moon touch down
Neil Armstrong
“one giant step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
This was all over the TV but I was not watching
I was seventeen and had better things to do.
It seemed boring to me.
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
a boy who was one year less than ten,
who worshipped the astronaut, John Glenn.
Do you recall, old friend, you and me,
how those rays missed us, 'neath shaded tree?
We studied feats of exploration,
learning all about our proud nation,
not knowing, in our days of wonder,
that we tore native lands asunder.
The planets would be our next frontier.
We'd be like Daniel Boone, the pioneer.
My excitement grew - I knew that soon
Neil Armstrong would land upon the moon.
One day, I'd fly space age technology
and create a Martian colony.
Time flies, and how I wish I could say,
the fire of stars still burns in me today.
Once, ideas filled a child's starry eyes,
and mind, a fruitful site to colonize.
Yes, they told her
they will induce our
baby.It was the high
blood pressure,
it seems
I skipped out
of work early
at twelve. The
maternity unit was
just up the road.
She sat on a table,
legs swinging over the
edge. ‘That’s it,
no more after
this one’.
She looked shattered,
as if she’d run a
marathon. I peeked
at our new arrival, she
was fine.I left
my lunch break,
you see. She says now,
each confinement
was easy. It seemed
different at the time
that summer, Neil Armstrong made
his ‘giant leap for mankind’ we did too.
Ace the pilot could cut the Migs down fast
At an early age his future was cast
Great at navigation, and maneuvering too
What is the hold up on him asking Sue?
She has been waiting for ever so long.
They have been engaged since Neil Armstrong
They are not getting younger; their knees are bad.
“Why don’t you drop him?” Says her sister “he is kind of a cad.”
It has come to my attention that the moon is capable of growing
green bananas, keeping sheep and goats, but not cows
the cattle emit too much gas.
If we send refugees there and not to Rwanda, they must be
nonsmokers; which surprised me as a packet of Camel was
found by Neil Armstrong, it was planted there by young Putin
to blame the USA.
The Palestinians refuse to settle on the moon and insist
on staying in Palestine despite the Zionist efforts to kill them.
Mind, a day might come when the Zionists have to go
to the moon and build a new Jerusalem in a moon crater.
In the meantime, IDF is tasting their skill in Gaza.
Neil Armstrong in nineteen-sixty-nine
Moonwalked on the moon, the first in line.
There have now been twelve
Humans, no elve.
Don’t you think this is mighty fine?
Horsepower
David J Walker
It occurs to me that while
Horses can run
Could they actually pull a
Rocketship past the moon
Headed to the sun?
Apollo 11, for instance,
And just for fun
Is said to have had
32 million horsepower
As if each one
Was Harnessed with leather straps
And brightly polished brass bells
And as the crowd swells
off they run
At the crack of a whip
32 million horses all at once
Leap upward up-ward with a
6 Million tun
payload
Kicking up dust
All those horses needing to
Generate 7.5 million pounds
of thrust
at liftoff, that is
Off towards the sun
Hooves pounding
Harness bells ringing and
Commander Neil Armstrong
On top cracking the whip
Singing, suns of the pioneer's songs
Headed to the moon on his
32 million Horse-drawn rocket ship.
Can you hear the voices of
Those Space Cowboys stepping lightly
As their horses
Fertilize the surface of the moon?
“Ahhhh ..Houston… We Have a problem here”
“Who is gonna clean this up?”
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 that was John Glenn
Splashing down in 1962.
They called all classes down to watch,
On stage, on a TV;
To us, it was the most exciting
Thing we'd ever see.
It set the bar for future feats,
(But seven earth years sooner)
Yet that's the one I treasure
More than triumphs strictly lunar.
It has been half a century since the first moon landing.
It was a historical event that was absolutely outstanding.
The Apollo 11 landed on the moon's surface fifty years ago today.
Two astronauts walked on the moon which is over 238,000 miles away.
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were pioneers like Daniel Boone.
On July 20, 1969, Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon.
As Armstrong stepped on the moon's surface, he said "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind".
When those brave astronauts left the moon to come home, the American flag was something they left behind.
I wasn't alive in 1969 so the moon landing wasn't something that I was able to witness.
But I'm guessing that it was awesome for those who were alive, a wonderful experience.
NASA is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government.
I wish I could've seen the moon landing because it was one hell of an event.
A man from Ohio called Neil *
Was known for his calm nerves of steel.
So when, out in space,
Darth Vader gave chase,
He said 'Cool it, guys,no big deal!'
18.07.19
* Neil Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio and was renowned for keeping cool under pressure.
* Darth Vader for non Star Wars fans is an iconic villain
Moon Walk
They took off from Cape Kennedy
In a gasoline filled Saturn V
They orbited round
To find some smooth ground
In the Sea of Tranquility
So Neil Armstrong bounced on the moon
Like some extraterrestrial buffoon
But he wasn’t alone
And his space suited clone
Would be bouncing around very soon
The lunar module had some locks
To make sure the capsule undocks
They'd wired a flag
So it wouldn't sag
And then they came home with some rocks
Neil Armstrong shot off to the moon
Strapped into a cosmic cocoon.
He came to renown
When one foot went down
Ahead of poor Buzz -what a boon!
But as they returned to home base,
Buzz had a big smile on his face.
For there on the sea
Of tranquility
He'd aced the first 'selfie' in space!
21/08/18
celebrity limerick contest entry
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin
NERVE
Nearer moonlight than us
Nerves of steel skyrocket
Nationwide heroes rise
Nascent aeronautics
News - one small step for man
Neil Armstrong holds world’s hand
naked eye sees heaven
5th Place
4/29/2017
Pleiades N contest
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