Poem: An ode to our Moon

A blaze aloft at night
sent a glimmer of hope
flying past the desolation

It ignites around Moonshine,
so we can all dazzle
at the suspended blue marble

It twinkles again across the void
for a blistering comeback,
and a tactful splash

Let’s keep the path glowing
for these engines of progress,
so we can ferociously return

To our cosmic companion,
like never before.


Part of Seven uni-verses, my globally published poetry pamphlet.

Our Moon as imaged by the Galileo spacecraft flying past it on December 7, 1992. Image: NASA

Poem notes: The success of NASA’s Artemis I Moon mission, and the amazing views of our Moon from its Orion spacecraft, inspired me to write a poem.

The Orion spacecraft, part of NASA’s Artemis I mission, captured this view of our Moon and Earth in November 2022. This vantage point in its lunar orbit lies roughly 70,000 and 430,000 kilometers away from the Moon and Earth respectively. Image: NASA

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