I must say, this is not nearly as good as Don Rising's poem! But anyway, your opinions are welcome.

The largest moon of Jupiter
The largest moon of all
Though covered with craters, valleys and hills
It looks just like a ball

A crust of ice, a core of rock
A surface very cold
With craters dark, and valleys light
This moon is very old

Ganymede’s parent Jupiter
Can’t penetrate the shield
That only one moon in the galaxy has
It’s own magnetic field

Found recently on Ganymede
Thin oxygenic air
But still, like all the scientists say
There are no aliens there

Excellent poem,i like that a lot.

Thanks for sharing that with us,well done,

Tom.

You've combined your knowledge of astronomy and poetry in a really nice way!

*clap clap clap clap*

Why, thank you! *Takes a bow* lol

I am so glad you started a space poetry topic, If you dont mind i would like to share one.


Life on earth by me: This blue jewel lights up the moon s sky.
it welcomes hearth to the astronouts gone by.
this my place is home to you and me.
Earth is our serinty.

It s kind of corny but I keep a book of them that I write. If you would like to here another I would gladly share.

Galaxia. Let's hear some more.

Ok. well here is one i made up about pluto.
A LONELY WORLD: Far out in the frontier.
is a lonely pioneer.
very samll and very alone.
no one to talk to, no one to phone :)
with its moon it circles around,
hardly making any sound.
on the icy world at night
you can see a strong point of light.
the star that we see thst normally shines bright
hardly shines in plutos sight.
out in the fronteir, all alone,
the rim of the solar system is its home. The end.

Very nice :) I like those, Galaxia. Do you have any more?

This is a welcome change,poetry has always been a favourite form of literature of mine especialy during times of stress.

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Very nice :) I like those, Galaxia. Do you have any more?
Thank you. Yes If you insist :) lol

orion the hunter: there is a hunter in our sky
He eats the stars that used to shine.
when a star goes out
Its probabaly in Orion s mouth.

the end

Hmm. I agree, those are pretty fancy. I write poems, but most of them end up being awfully negative. Therefore, mostly stormy weather and no stars in all of my poems. I have to say the last one, about Orion, isn't too terribly great. The all alone one was awfully good.

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Hmm. I agree, those are pretty fancy. I write poems, but most of them end up being awfully negative. Therefore, mostly stormy weather and no stars in all of my poems. I have to say the last one, about Orion, isn't too terribly great. The all alone one was awfully good.
yes I thought it was a bit short. But i just thought it was cute the way we see orion as a hunter so why not write a poem about him eating stars. lOl

Nice poetry IBFW and galaxia16. I truly enjoyed reading them both! IBFW, your poetry was quite informative and rhytmic while galaxia16's was more based on imagination and wonder. Both types of poetry are excellent and I love reading them. Keep posting them you two because I agree with Doberman in that they certainly take the stress out of the day. Thanks in advance!

, marsbound2024

thank you. when I kept having thoughts on space I decided to turn them into poems. hers one quick short one. I thought Of when that if the earth should ever become a place that no one could live on I thought of a poem that talked about life on the barren wasteland of the moon.

Moonworld
a dusty,grey wasteland.
is this where we ll live?
we ll roam together in a band.
Life will be so primitive.
the end.

Maybe I'll try my hand at astropoetry sometime! Perhaps I'll work on some tonight. :p By the way, good poetry galaxia16. "Moonworld" wasn't my favorite one, but the others were a good read.

, marbsound2024

Here is a poem that was written by my 8 year old daughter. I have no idea what posessed her to write it:

Bold Sun

Bold Sun so bright orange and yellow
One bright big star so sparkling shiny
Bold Sun so bright and beautiful, so big and hot
Bold Sun setting in the west
Up comes the Moon, down goes the Sun

I guess it's not really a poem since it doesn't rhyme but I thought it was very cool.

Well i liked it. the wording of this 8 year old surley is not bad. I really like the way she wrote it but I can t explain why.

Poems don't have to rhyme, they just have to have an artistic wording. Your daughter wrote a beautiful poem, especially for her age. :)

, marsbound2024

I couldn't agree more Marsbound. JSMoody, Your daughter certainly has a way with words. Please pass on my appreciation to your daughter. This topic is truly amazing thank you all so much for sharing.