My first astronomy poem

[josh (Luke)]

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
The end

[ving (David)]

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

Astro-ku (Astronomy Haiku)

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

[xelasnave]

very good , 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 .
alex

[sheeny (Al)]

Originally Posted by xelasnave

very good , 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 .
alex

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
alex

[ving (David)]

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

get some night glow colars for them

[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 (David)]

cool!
sound freaky and good at the same time

[josh (Luke)]

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
alex

[josh (Luke)]

I like that one
Simple but makes ya think

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Ving,

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

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

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

[ving (David)]

never seen such talent ken

[Roger Davis]

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

[ving (David)]

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 (David)]

Originally Posted by fringe_dweller

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

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!

[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"

[Gargoyle_Steve (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.