[Blast Off! | Last Laugh | When I'm An Astronaut | First Moon Landing | Letter to the Moon | The Moon | Moonlight | Song | Children of the Sun | Space Song | The Falling Star | Shooting Stars | A Meteorite | A Black Hole | The Milky Way | from COUNTING | Star | Lullaby | Blast Off!]
Blast Off
by Lee Bennett Hopkins
A rocket ship
will take you far
to see a crater,
quasar,
star,
constellations - -
a planet,
comet,
meteorite - -
Blast off, child,
it's
time
for
flight.
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Blast Off! Poems About Space. NY: Harper Collins, 1995. [J821On]
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Last Laugh
by Lee Bennett Hopkins
They all laughed when I told them
I wanted to be
A woman in space
Floating so free.
But they won't laugh at me
When they finally see
My feet up on Mars
And my face on TV.
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Blast Off! Poems About Space. NY: Harper Collins, 1995. [J821On]
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When I'm An Astronaut
by Bobbi Katz
First I'll get into my spacesuit.
Then I'll bravely wave good-by.
Next I'll climb into my spacecraft
Built to sail right through the sky!
In command inside the capsule,
I will talk to ground control.
When we've checked out
I'll say, "Let the countdown roll!"
And it's 4-3-2-1 - - blast off - -
With a smile upon my face,
I’ll spin loops around the planets
up, up, up in outer space!
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Blast Off! Poems About Space. NY: Harper Collins, 1995. [J821On]
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First Moon Landing
by J. Patrick Lewis
Two highfliers,
Buzz and Neil,
Said they couldn't
Wait to feel
Just what kind of
Moon it was - -
"Take a look around,"
Said Buzz.
Open the hatch
And out the door,
Down the ladder
To the moonlit floor.
After he had
Sunk his heel
Into the dusty
Ocean, Neil
Knew what a lovely
Moon it was - -
"One small step . . .
Said Neil to Buzz.
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Blast Off! Poems About Space. NY: Harper Collins, 1995. [J821On]
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Letter to the Moon
by Jane Yolen
Dear Old Moon:
Your new moon face
Has human footprints every place.
The astronauts did not take care
And walked upon you everywhere.
But worse, they left behind a mess
That surely causes you distress.
Forgive us, moon,
Please keep your glow.
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Blast Off! Poems About Space. NY: Harper Collins, 1995. [J821On]
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The Moon
by Lillian M. Fisher
The moon has no light
of its own.
It's cold and dark
and dead as stone,
But it catches light
from the burning sun
And shows itself
When each day is done.
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Blast Off! Poems About Space. NY: Harper Collins, 1995. [J821On]
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Moonlight
by Leslie D. Perkins
On
me
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Blast Off! Poems About Space. NY: Harper Collins, 1995. [J821On]
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Song
by Ashley Bryan
Sing to the sun
It will listen
And warm your words
Your joy will rise
Like the sun
And glow
Within you
Sing to the moon
It will hear
And soothe your cares
Your fears will set
Like the moon
And fade
Within you
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Children of the Sun
by Brod Bagert
Mercury's small
Almost nothing at all.
Venus is bright and near.
Earth is a place with deep blue seas
And a sky that is blue and clear.
Mars is red and angry.
Jupiter has an eye.
Saturn has rings of ice and stone
That circle round its sky.
Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto
Are far away and cold.
So now I know my planets
And I'm only six years old.
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Blast Off! Poems About Space. NY: Harper Collins, 1995. [J821On]
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Space Song
by Eve Merriam
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Mars;
Here we go whizzing around the stars.
Venus, Neptune, Mercury,
And oh, Pluto - -
What on Earth do you see?
How little Earth looks down below:
What tiny creatures they must grow.
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Blast Off! Poems About Space. NY: Harper Collins, 1995. [J821On]
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The Falling Star
by Sara Teasdake
I saw a star slide down the sky,
Blinding the north as it went by,
Too burning and too quick to hold,
Too lovely to be bought or sold,
Good only to make wishes on
And then forever to be gone.
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Blast Off! Poems About Space. NY: Harper Collins, 1995. [J821On]
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Shooting Stars
by Aileen Fisher
When stars get loosened
in their sockets,
they shoot off through
the night like rockets.
But though I stay
and watch their trip
and search where they
have seemed to slip,
I never yet have found a CHIP
to carry in my pockets.
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Blast Off! Poems About Space. NY: Harper Collins, 1995. [J821On]
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A Meteorite
by Sandra Liatsos
A fireball
came roaring down
from far in outer space.
That fireball exploded!
Its pieces ran a race,
till one crashed down
in my backyard
and made a great big hole,
that looks as if
a giant lost
his mother's mixing bowl!
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Blast Off! Poems About Space. NY: Harper Collins, 1995. [J821On]
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A Black Hole
by J. Patrick Lewis
A star that's just
Far out in space
Its insides get
One day it's there,
And no one knows
But in the ceiling
The hole that swallows
Is big as day
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Blast Off! Poems About Space. NY: Harper Collins, 1995. [J821On]
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The Milky Way
by Barbara Juster Esbensen
Who spilled
these stars
across the sky
like
sparkling
dust
like
clouds of light?
They pour their
milky shine
into the deep black
bowl
above their heads
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Blast Off! Poems About Space. NY: Harper Collins, 1995. [J821On]
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from COUNTING
by Karla Kuskin
Counting the stars
As they glitter bright white
Is lovely indeed
And a marvelous sight
When the air is fresh
As the first night in fall.
But I always have a feeling
That comes very softly stealing
When my head with stars is reeling
That I didn't count them all.
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Blast Off! Poems About Space. NY: Harper Collins, 1995. [J821On]
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Star
by Anonymous
Star light,
Star bright,
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may,
I wish I might
Have the wish
I wish tonight.
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Blast Off! Poems About Space. NY: Harper Collins, 1995. [J821On]
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Lullaby
by Sarah Wilson
Goodnight,
goodnight
to friends in space
and those on ships
that interlace
with suns and moons
across the sea
of light
that rims
our galaxy.
Goodnight,
goodnight
to all who fly
and those who seek
new worlds in sky
from my home planet
swirled in blue
a long and peaceful
calm to you.
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Blast Off! Poems About Space. NY: Harper Collins, 1995. [J821On]
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Blast Off!
by Joanne Oppenheim
Wheelless
wingless
weightless
unknown roads in space await us.
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Blast Off! Poems About Space. NY: Harper Collins, 1995. [J821On]
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