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As The Sun Sets.
  • Poem: as the sun sets, the mourners, hoarse,...

Beginning of A Beginning.

  • Poem: Syr Dar'ya, ancient river that flows down to the Aral river that flows up to the sky....

Fast Track.

  • Poem: the visionary with a slide-rule named you: Silbervogel...

First Light.

  • Poem: At the mountain's top, I reach up,...

From an Astronaut's Spouse.

  • Poem: I could have sought by wit or wile...

High Flight.

  • Poem: Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth...

If the Sun Dies.

  • Poem: ...my father replies that we are made to live here....

Joy of Flying.

  • Poem: Turbines roar, their rush surges through us...

Now To Begin.

  • Poem: here, no angels sing, nor winged cherubim, nor seraphim that hover over a god's throne...

Pearl and Rogue Go For a Ride.

  • Poem: Dec 21st 1960 A clear night illuminated by the moon....

Playing with Fire.

  • Poem: Remember silos of sentinels?...

Sergei Korolov House, Moscow.

  • Poem: in the garden of the spacecraft designer, nightingales fly to his trees....

Ship's Log 0000 01 JAN 2001.

  • Poem: We sail onboard space station "Alpha"...

Shuttle.

  • Poem: these are the laws of physics, immutable as those of Medes & Persians:...

Suiting Up.

  • Poem: My name is James McDivitt...

The Ballad of Dan McCann.

  • Poem: Rockets shake the earth, the needle rises...

The Celestial Empire.

  • Poem: the Great Ocean, two shores, two realms...

The Navigators.

  • Poem: Give the museum your hourglass...

The Stars My Destination.

  • Poem: Gully Foyle is my name...

The Titanium Monument.

  • Poem: On a sun-singed steppe, Sergei stood, said -...

The Woman from the Krasny Perekop Textile Mill.

  • Poem: traditionalists always fear women who fly...

We Chose Death.

  • Poem: The moon above...

When I was a kid,.

  • Poem: When I was a kid, we had 9 planets...

Zero-G and I'm Feeling Fine.

  • Poem: Floating and floating...

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