My first astronomy poem

[josh]

Woke up this morning with this going through my head..no idea why, anyway here she goes

My gears are all a churning
While the sky above is turning
My go-to keeps on missing
And the dew keeps on a dripping
Half moon out tonight
So my opportunity is tight
Im going for some faint ones
and man that suckers bright

The pros make it look easy
But i bet they dont try to shoot
When its this bloody breezy!

My eyes are getting blurry
And my voice is all a slurry
But i gotta keep awake tonight
Ill try not to make much noise
As that just makes my girl uptight

Better go now as the darks are done
Ive got a cup of coffee
Man this stuff is fun!
Arrive back at the scene
To silence and pitch black
The powers been taken away,
as my clumsy dog is back

Now i dont know
Should i try again?
To align and refine
And do those darks my friend
I think i might
As i said, opportunity is slight

Well i have to leave it here
As i see clouds coming i fear
So to all you folks out there in the night
Remember even if we blunder
Dont forget to look up and wonder:hi:
The end

[ving]

wht sort of astronomer has a black dog!! :rolleyes:
on ya josh :)
something the buzz-click boys can relate to :P

Astro-ku (Astronomy Haiku)

A clear dark night
The Milkyway weaves overhead
Crickets chirp thier song

:)

[xelasnave]

very good:thumbsup: , I liked it and thanks for sharing:) .. think up a chorus and we can hang some blues off it and you will have a song you wont get out of your head:D .
alex

[sheeny]

Now there's a project for Lostock!;)

Al.

[xelasnave]

Hey Ving I have 3 black dogs but I guess I am just a strar gazer:sadeyes:
alex

[ving]

not "just a star gazer" alex, but a Star Gazer! :)

get some night glow colars for them :P

[xelasnave]

Thats a great idea Ving.
This is off topic but heck its not worth a new thread..even though informative.
I had a problem of bumping my guide scope by not knowing in the dark where the eyepiece exactly is .. I found this "horror" plastic novelty "eye" that glows in the dark slightly. It fits in the illuminated reticle snuggly and glows enough to see in the dark also because it is raised if I get too close I feel it on my eyelashes so it does not get a little bump.. it is so handy.
alex

[ving]

cool! :)
sound freaky and good at the same time

[josh]

How bout this
Roses are red,water is blue
Observing is fun,but i hate dew
That about exhausts my poetry gland for now
See yas

[xelasnave]

I look up and I wonder
I look further and I ponder
For what purpose are we choosen
To send our kind up yonder
alex

[xelasnave]

do you want to hear a stage play:lol: :lol: :lol:
alex

[josh]

I like that one
Simple but makes ya think

[ballaratdragons]

Ving,

I have 2 black dogs!!! and I trip over them regularly.

Darren (wombat) trips over them too when he views at my place :rofl:

A Poem huh!

I have a little telescope
it sits up on it's mount
and eveywhere that venus went
The lamb was sure to go.

Mars Mars
quite contrary
how does your telescope grow,
with silver bells
and cockle shells
and EP's all in a row



I looked upon a midnight dreary
scope in hand and eyes a bleary,
then I write another line
dum de dum de dum de dum,
My scope is good it sees so far
and I can even see to Mars,
the finderscope is wobbly too
I look thru it to see the Moon,
and Jupiter and it's 4 moons
I hope to do it again real soons.



I am not a poet!!!! Obvious ain't it :lol:

[ving]

never seen such talent ken :rolleyes:

[Roger Davis]

Prefer haiku. 3 lines, first line five syllables, second line seven, third line five.

[ving]

on ya roger, i prefer haiku too :)

[fringe_dweller]

hehehe great stuff everybody! awesome
i have always felt astronomy and poetry go together very well

so heres my contibution for today - i was inspired by joshs take on that famous little ditty

Antares is red
Rigel is blue
the night is here
so get ready to slew

OT: while researching that ditty I cam across some great versions - one that cracked me up

Roses are #FF0000
Violets are #0000FF
All my base
Are belong to you

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roses_are_red

[ving]

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!:hi:

[JimmyH155]

All I can think of right now is that classic by Lewis Carrol:::

The Sun was shining on the sea, shining with all his might
He did his very best to make the billows clean and bright.
And this was odd, because, it was the middle of the night.

The Moon was skining sulkily, because she felt the Sun
Had got no business to be there after the day was done
"It's awfully rude of him" she said
"To come and spoil the fun":rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Gargoyle_Steve]

" One fine day, in the middle of the night,
Two dead men got up to fight,
back to back they faced each other,
Drew their swords, and shot one another"

I am not the author ... and even if I was, I'm not sure I'd claim that as my own anyway!

Hope you enjoy.

[venus]

Why Astronomy?
Why can’t I get astronomy out of my head
No hobby was ever so unkind
I can’t get astronomy out of my mind

You’re the reason why I’m losing my sleep
Reading books on astro-physics geek
Compounded by Hawking, Penrose, Hoyle and Moore
Big Bang, Big Bubble. No not The Hubble

Why can’t I get astronomy out of my head
No hobby was ever so unkind
I can’t get astronomy out of my mind


REFRACTOR,REFLECTOR,CATADIOPTRIC,
Newtonian,Dobsonian and SCT
learning languages unheard of ASAP
Plossles,Barlows,Erfle,Ramsden,Huyg hens,Orthoscopic,Kellner
Now I see, I think?

Why can’t I get astronomy out of my head
No hobby was ever so unkind
I can’t get astronomy out of my mind

But wait, what do I see?
Up in the sky is it a bird, a plane? No wait
A globular cluster, a comet, a nebula and galaxy.
Ah that’s why!
Mine

[xelasnave]

well even though this thread has dropped down the list I wish to add my work.. (unpaid in the area of poetry and you will see why)
But its a have a laugh at me as I see me...

There may be no point to everything
yet everything will meet at a single point
From everywhere from everything from every single place
All go racing past each little point in space

And if no point to everything what makes all this stuff go
I ask those I hope may know and comprehend my thoughts
But these kind folk listen patiently to finally tell me “no”

Still I see each point and everything right out to the seams
I like to think I understand and know what that really means
Still if it be so what I can’t figure out.. is the nothing in betweens.

[ballaratdragons]

Twinkle Twinkle little Dobsonian
you belong in the Smithsonian
Up above the floor so high
Like a monument in the sky

[Roger Davis]

Twinkle twinkle little star
once I wondered what you are
then I did chem and phys
now I know what you is
when you twinkle little star
I'll leave my scope in the car

[ving]

Twinkle twinkle little star
I'll leave the toucam in the car
Near horizon oh so low
Jupiters detail is a no go
Twinkle star oh so bright
Tonight the seeings completely ****e!

DH
:D

[jjjnettie]

What a giggle!
You guys are great.

My black dog is deaf as well, so she can't hear you coming to get out of the way. The poor thing gets accidently kicked in the head/ribs/butt nearly every night.

[JimmyH155]

The boss has caught me red handed twice on thei forum, but I'm leaving today so who cares... Got nothing to do except make up poetry. Here goes

Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Is your furnace nuclear fusion
Or am I covered in confusion
* * *
Twinkle twinkle little star
I know you’re really awfully far
But when your light comes down to me
Is it the past that I can see?
* * *
Twinkle twinkle little star
Are you part of a spiral’s bar?
And maybe you’re going to go super nova
And be swallowed up by a black hole when the explosion’s over. :lol:
* * * *

It’s awfully bad luck on i-ponders
His mirror has cracked into chunks
Ving fished in the grass further yonder
But all he found was glass junk
* * * *
Ballaratdragons has got a black dog
Who sometimes goes bump in the night
Jjnettie”s poor hound is as deaf as a log
When she kicks it, it howls out in fright
* * * *
If Ballaratdragons just painted his pet
A beautiful brilliant white
And hound with a cowbell implant by the vet
Then observing sessions would be jolly well right!

[ballaratdragons]

Astronomical Mary

Mary had a little scope
it's tube was white as snow,
and everywhere the GoTo went
the scope put on a show!

She took the scope to school one day
which was against the rules,
the kids all though it was a cannon
the silly pack of fools.

One night she took it to the park
to view for just a while,
but someone called the cops on her
who thought it was a missile.

Back home again she set it up
but stress had made her vomit,
and while she puked and felt real ill
she missed out on a Comet.

The next night Mary set it up
the sky put on a show,
with Galaxies and Nebula
and stars all in a row.

She made it track to follow Mars
and stars she couldn't count,
but while she wasn't taking care
it fell right off the mount!

She got so upset with herself
and got down on her knees,
and didn't look what she was doing
and knocked over her EP's!!!

Mary had a telescope
but found it wasn't fitting,
for a clutz to own a telescope
and now she sticks to knitting.


© 2006 Ken James

[ving]

that sounds very "pam ayers"ish.... :P

[xelasnave]

:lol: :lol: :lol:
another one or two and we can bind them up and present the
"ICEINSPACE BOOK OF LITERARY EXCELLENCE" (er 1st edition)
alex

[jjjnettie]

I want my copy signed thanks.