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Space Poems | Examples of Space Poetry

Space Poems - Examples of all types of space poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for space.
Stelliferous
Stelliferous the stars o’erspread that lace the heavens overhead and sparkle plentifully bright to grace the atramental night when face of lumined sol has fled. Sidereals the skies embed bejeweling where dreamers tread to render poets’ fancies quite stelliferous. With wonderment the welkin’s wed to...Read the rest...
Categories: space, imagery, imagination, poets, sky,
Form: Rondeau



Premium Member astral plain
astronomers often describe the path of their heavenly ride far off in the distant night sky defining what's higher than high luminous wavelength emitters heavenly hosts all aglitter lost in gravitational trance each dancing unique cosmic dance charted starlight guiding the way for ships...Read the rest...
Categories: space, creation, culture, encouraging, light,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Put a Light in that Attic
There's a space with no light. So much crammed up there! Wonderful treasures in the front, Trash in behind. Images and memories all muddled together. Loads of ideas and half thought out plans scattered all over the place. Should have had some...Read the rest...
Categories: space, absence, confusion, how i
Form: Free verse
Border-lie
A border is a line drawn in the sand Constantly shifting if you have time to see A personality is a borderline ebbing Time ceaselessly flowing us away One side unreachable as the far shore The other, all that...Read the rest...
Categories: extended metaphor, planet, space,
Form: Free verse
Directional Synthesis
Does your life then come together front to back or back to front It takes years to clearly see that both directions are a ruse Life revolving as a circle with you inside its center All phases caught in a whirlpool’s tide that ebbs and flows — divine (The New Room:...Read the rest...
Categories: space, time,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member in process
onward in spiral eternity is viral where nothing's final constantly rearranging existence ever changing endless living stream this state which all deem being in heavenly scheme riding through expanding space as part of the human race constantly a must to reality adjust dust to cosmic dust more than...Read the rest...
Categories: change, life, sky, space,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member Expansion
event horizon revealing outer limit of singular force swirling cosmic dust genesis of star’s being clouds stellar ceiling space lying between all that can be felt or seen formed that which has been vivid human dream makes further consciousness seem outside nature’s scheme reality found vast universe comes...Read the rest...
Categories: space, creation, history, life, science,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member A Place Not Meant To Be: 11
#11: Space Race Revised X-X Bethlehem, then Jerusalem, He'll lay, slides from angel wings through hourglass timeless inquiry, that constant without delay spatial values in place of life ... priceless? Space is priceless and we welcome it here, --present company excluded,...Read the rest...
Categories: space, conflict, dark, faith, hope,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Earth At Night
At night, in space Light shows in Europe, West and East The rest are dark-base....Read the rest...
Categories: dark, earth, light, space,
Form: Haiku
Starbust Love
Beneath the tapestry of the celestial sphere, Where stars whisper secrets for those who hear. Two souls adrift in the cosmic dance, Finding each other as if by chance. In the silence of space, their hearts converse, With a language...Read the rest...
Categories: space, cute love, inspirational love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Yin, Yang, Big Bang
Where my yin meets my yang I hear a dissonant clang My physician traced it back all the way to the ‘Big Bang’ Seems...Read the rest...
Categories: creation, journey, space,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Psychological Warfare
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Categories: space, betrayal, conflict, corruption, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Your Crawlspace
Liquid stars drip to a sparkle, look up take a sip get your fill; Peek out of your crawlspace; Constellations and chaos cross feeding poets with wishing sauce; Eager to share a trace; Fear not the view of a black hole, untold...Read the rest...
Categories: emotions, feelings, space, star,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Reverse Graffiti
A celestial dancer obeys your whispered command at the crossroads of reality. With each gesture, you bend the veils swaying in reverence. You summon dawn’s blush, casting shadows upon your loyal companion. Stars bow and...Read the rest...
Categories: space, dance, desire, imagination, power,
Form: Other
Premium Member A Decidedly Short Interview With A Black Hole
The astronaut saw the black hole And suddenly feared for his soul He chose to die brave And gave life a wave And as he went in he cried, “Goal!” The astronaut clung to his pride As his atoms were...Read the rest...
Categories: death, space,
Form: Limerick

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Definition | What is Space in Poetry?


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