The Astronomy Poem

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

I enjoyed reading the poem posted by Goldy (Craig), and a thought came to me (I know, hard to believe ).

I thought 'Imagine the interesting Astronomy Poem that could be written by many members together'.

So, here's all you have to do:

1. Write the next 2 lines to continue the flow of the story,

2. copy/paste all the previous lines into your post, then add your 2 lines

Here we go
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THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMY POEM
by IIS Members

Loading the car with excitement and dreams
Starmaps and 'scope and some snacks for the trip,


. . . next

[bartman (Bart)]

Loading the car with excitement and dreams
Starmaps and 'scope and some snacks for the trip,

Grabbing the Map ,
Not taking a nap,

PS delete if I'm not on the right track...and thats a fackt.....

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Nah, that's cool Bart


Loading the car with excitement and dreams
Starmaps and 'scope and some snacks for the trip,

Grabbing the Map, Not taking a nap,
keep driving towards that sky that's so black,



. . . next

[bartman (Bart)]

Aaahhhh, I love this!!!!!
Bartman

[Sarge (Rod)]

Loading the car with excitement and dreams
Starmaps and 'scope and some snacks for the trip,

Grabbing the Map, Not taking a nap,
keep driving towards that sky that's so black,

Praying those clouds will clear in time,
Can't think of anything else that will rhyme,



Rod

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Loading the car with excitement and dreams
Starmaps and 'scope and some snacks for the trip,

Grabbing the Map, Not taking a nap,
keep driving towards that sky that's so black,

Praying those clouds will clear in time,
Can't think of anything else that will rhyme,

So I make up a song about Planets and Moon
and hope I arrive at the dark site real soon,

[Ric]

Loading the car with excitement and dreams
Starmaps and 'scope and some snacks for the trip,

Grabbing the Map, Not taking a nap,
keep driving towards that sky that's so black,

Praying those clouds will clear in time,
Can't think of anything else that will rhyme,

So I make up a song about Planets and Moon
and hope I arrive at the dark site real soon,

Arrive at the site and not a cloud in sight,
The seeing is a nine, the night is mine,

[Suzy]

Loading the car with excitement and dreams
Starmaps and 'scope and some snacks for the trip,

Grabbing the Map, Not taking a nap,
keep driving towards that sky that's so black,

Praying those clouds will clear in time,
Can't think of anything else that will rhyme,

So I make up a song about Planets and Moon
and hope I arrive at the dark site real soon,

Arrive at the site and not a cloud in sight,
The seeing is a nine, the night is mine,

A buzz of excitement in the sky to explore,
Armed with maps and software you can't ignore,
High hopes to see the dawn sky feast,
A fine conjunction awaits me at least,
Alas it's bitterly cold and my teeth they chatter,
So I find me a blanket and on me I scatter,

[Suzy]

Apologies if I ruined the look of the two line poem, seems I waffle even in poem

This is lots of fun Ken!

[astroron (Ron)]

Loading the car with excitement and dreams
Starmaps and 'scope and some snacks for the trip,

Grabbing the Map, Not taking a nap,
keep driving towards that sky that's so black,

Praying those clouds will clear in time,
Can't think of anything else that will rhyme,

So I make up a song about Planets and Moon
and hope I arrive at the dark site real soon,

Arrive at the site and not a cloud in sight,
The seeing is a nine, the night is mine,

A buzz of excitement in the sky to explore,
Armed with maps and software you can't ignore,
High hopes to see the dawn sky feast,
A fine conjunction awaits me at least,
Alas it's bitterly cold and my teeth they chatter,
So I find me a blanket and on me I scatter,

The Planets where so bright in the early morning light
as the dawn broke into bright sunlight,
I will never forget such a wonderfull sight.


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Pentax XW 7mm, Pentax XW 10mm, Vixen LVW 22mm,
Denkenmeir 14mm, Celestron X-Cel 5mm,
Celestron 4mm, Andrews UWA 2" 30mm. GSO ED 2" 2x Barlow
Filters: UHC/OIII/ & various colour filters. Starry Night Software. 7x50 & 10x60 Binos

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

Hope no-one minds I found a Rhyme

Loading the car with excitement and dreams
Starmaps and 'scope and some snacks for the trip,

Grabbing the Map, Not taking a nap,
keep driving towards that sky that's so black,

Praying those clouds will clear in time,
Knowing the night will be quite sublime,

So I make up a song about Planets and Moon
and hope I arrive at the dark site real soon,

Arrive at the site and not a cloud in sight,
The seeing is a nine, the night is mine,

A buzz of excitement in the sky to explore,
Armed with maps and software you can't ignore,
High hopes to see the dawn sky feast,
A fine conjunction awaits me at least,
Alas it's bitterly cold and my teeth they chatter,
So I find me a blanket and on me I scatter,



The Planets were so bright in the early morning light
as the dawn broke into bright sunlight,
I will never forget such a wonderfull sight.

[leon]

Loading the car with excitement and dreams
Starmaps and 'scope and some snacks for the trip,

Grabbing the Map, Not taking a nap,
keep driving towards that sky that's so black,

Praying those clouds will clear in time,
Knowing the night will be quite sublime,

So I make up a song about Planets and Moon
and hope I arrive at the dark site real soon,

Arrive at the site and not a cloud in sight,
The seeing is a nine, the night is mine,

A buzz of excitement in the sky to explore,
Armed with maps and software you can't ignore,
High hopes to see the dawn sky feast,
A fine conjunction awaits me at least,
Alas it's bitterly cold and my teeth they chatter,
So I find me a blanket and on me I scatter,
All my delightful toys and imaging matter,


The Planets were so bright in the early morning light
as the dawn broke into bright sunlight,
I will never forget such a wonderfull sight.

But then I jumped up with a hell of a fright
As the bloke next to me, he turned on the light
I yelled at him come on, give me a break
Be he just smiled, and said, go bake a cake

PS. i can see this is going to be the longest poem in history.

Leon

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Loading the car with excitement and dreams
Starmaps and 'scope and some snacks for the trip,

Grabbing the Map, Not taking a nap,
keep driving towards that sky that's so black,

Praying those clouds will clear in time,
Knowing the night will be quite sublime,

So I make up a song about Planets and Moon
and hope I arrive at the dark site real soon,

Arrive at the site and not a cloud in sight,
The seeing is a nine, the night is mine,

A buzz of excitement in the sky to explore,
Armed with maps and software you can't ignore,
High hopes to see the dawn sky feast,
A fine conjunction awaits me at least,
Alas it's bitterly cold and my teeth they chatter,
So I find me a blanket and on me I scatter,
All my delightful toys and imaging matter,


The Planets were so bright in the early morning light
as the dawn broke into bright sunlight,
I will never forget such a wonderfull sight.

But then I jumped up with a hell of a fright
As the bloke next to me, he turned on the light
I yelled at him come on, give me a break
Be he just smiled, and said, go bake a cake

So I told him to go coz there's kids at his scope
playing and fiddling and having a grope,
That made him run faster than the Olympian 'Amra'
and once he was gone I put in my camera,

[leon]

Loading the car with excitement and dreams
Starmaps and 'scope and some snacks for the trip,

Grabbing the Map, Not taking a nap,
keep driving towards that sky that's so black,

Praying those clouds will clear in time,
Knowing the night will be quite sublime,

So I make up a song about Planets and Moon
and hope I arrive at the dark site real soon,

Arrive at the site and not a cloud in sight,
The seeing is a nine, the night is mine,

A buzz of excitement in the sky to explore,
Armed with maps and software you can't ignore,
High hopes to see the dawn sky feast,
A fine conjunction awaits me at least,
Alas it's bitterly cold and my teeth they chatter,
So I find me a blanket and on me I scatter,
All my delightful toys and imaging matter,


The Planets were so bright in the early morning light
as the dawn broke into bright sunlight,
I will never forget such a wonderfull sight.

But then I jumped up with a hell of a fright
As the bloke next to me, he turned on the light
I yelled at him come on, give me a break
Be he just smiled, and said, go bake a cake

So I told him to go coz there's kids at his scope
playing and fiddling and having a grope,
That made him run faster than the Olympian 'Amra'
and once he was gone I put in my camera,

Now with him gone it was once again dark
Our camp site was chilly but the stars they did spark,
It was so cold my telescope froze
And even drips of water fell off a my nose,

[big_dav_2001 (Davin)]

Loading the car with excitement and dreams
Starmaps and 'scope and some snacks for the trip,

Grabbing the Map, Not taking a nap,
keep driving towards that sky that's so black,

Praying those clouds will clear in time,
Knowing the night will be quite sublime,

So I make up a song about Planets and Moon
and hope I arrive at the dark site real soon,

Arrive at the site and not a cloud in sight,
The seeing is a nine, the night is mine,

A buzz of excitement in the sky to explore,
Armed with maps and software you can't ignore,
High hopes to see the dawn sky feast,
A fine conjunction awaits me at least,
Alas it's bitterly cold and my teeth they chatter,
So I find me a blanket and on me I scatter,
All my delightful toys and imaging matter,


The Planets were so bright in the early morning light
as the dawn broke into bright sunlight,
I will never forget such a wonderfull sight.

But then I jumped up with a hell of a fright
As the bloke next to me, he turned on the light
I yelled at him come on, give me a break
Be he just smiled, and said, go bake a cake

So I told him to go coz there's kids at his scope
playing and fiddling and having a grope,
That made him run faster than the Olympian 'Amra'
and once he was gone I put in my camera,

Now with him gone it was once again dark
Our camp site was chilly but the stars they did spark,
It was so cold my telescope froze
And even drips of water fell off a my nose,

But i fought back the cold, with the warmth of my heart,
'coz that first glimpse of Saturn, cannot be my last.

[Suzy]

Loading the car with excitement and dreams
Starmaps and 'scope and some snacks for the trip,

Grabbing the Map, Not taking a nap,
keep driving towards that sky that's so black,

Praying those clouds will clear in time,
Knowing the night will be quite sublime,

So I make up a song about Planets and Moon
and hope I arrive at the dark site real soon,

Arrive at the site and not a cloud in sight,
The seeing is a nine, the night is mine,

A buzz of excitement in the sky to explore,
Armed with maps and software you can't ignore,
High hopes to see the dawn sky feast,
A fine conjunction awaits me at least,
Alas it's bitterly cold and my teeth they chatter,
So I find me a blanket and on me I scatter,
All my delightful toys and imaging matter,


The Planets were so bright in the early morning light
as the dawn broke into bright sunlight,
I will never forget such a wonderfull sight.

But then I jumped up with a hell of a fright
As the bloke next to me, he turned on the light
I yelled at him come on, give me a break
Be he just smiled, and said, go bake a cake

So I told him to go coz there's kids at his scope
playing and fiddling and having a grope,
That made him run faster than the Olympian 'Amra'
and once he was gone I put in my camera,

Now with him gone it was once again dark
Our camp site was chilly but the stars they did spark,
It was so cold my telescope froze
And even drips of water fell off a my nose,

But i fought back the cold, with the warmth of my heart,
'coz that first glimpse of Saturn, cannot be my last.

I braved the frost as I ran over to RobF,
He yelled at me to stop but I must be going deaf.
Dodging a cane toad I tripped and went eeeeow,
My cheek on top of it made me want to spew.
So all of Rob's imaging leads came quickly undone,
He'll never talk to me again I know- I ruined his M101.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Loading the car with excitement and dreams
Starmaps and 'scope and some snacks for the trip,

Grabbing the Map, Not taking a nap,
keep driving towards that sky that's so black,

Praying those clouds will clear in time,
Knowing the night will be quite sublime,

So I make up a song about Planets and Moon
and hope I arrive at the dark site real soon,

Arrive at the site and not a cloud in sight,
The seeing is a nine, the night is mine,

A buzz of excitement in the sky to explore,
Armed with maps and software you can't ignore,
High hopes to see the dawn sky feast,
A fine conjunction awaits me at least,
Alas it's bitterly cold and my teeth they chatter,
So I find me a blanket and on me I scatter,
All my delightful toys and imaging matter,


The Planets were so bright in the early morning light
as the dawn broke into bright sunlight,
I will never forget such a wonderfull sight.

But then I jumped up with a hell of a fright
As the bloke next to me, he turned on the light
I yelled at him come on, give me a break
Be he just smiled, and said, go bake a cake

So I told him to go coz there's kids at his scope
playing and fiddling and having a grope,
That made him run faster than the Olympian 'Amra'
and once he was gone I put in my camera,

Now with him gone it was once again dark
Our camp site was chilly but the stars they did spark,
It was so cold my telescope froze
And even drips of water fell off a my nose,

But i fought back the cold, with the warmth of my heart,
'coz that first glimpse of Saturn, cannot be my last.

I braved the frost as I ran over to RobF
He yelled at me to stop but I must be going deaf
Dodging a cane toad I tripped and went eeeeow
My cheek on top of it made me want to spew.
So all of Rob's imaging leads came quickly undone,
He'll never talk to me again I know- I ruined his M101.

Leads all untangled and back at my scope
I check on my laptop but the image looks soft,
I check all my gear to find out whats wrong
only to find I didn't take the dust cap off!

[Suzy]

Oops Ken,
I have a typo in the astro poem.
"me" is missing in

made want to spew

You've added on so I can't edit, so if you see this or the next person to add, can you please change it.

Errr, while you're at it you may as well fix the punctuation that I forgot too please (see my post, I've edited there).

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by Suzy

Oops Ken,
I have a typo in the astro poem.
"me" is missing in You've added on so I can't edit, so if you see this or the next person to add, can you please change it.

Errr, while you're at it you may as well fix the punctuation that I forgot too please (see my post, I've edited there).

Done

Thanks Suzy, not that it is anything official or serious, so I reckon a few grammatical or spelling errors here and there won't be Earth-shattering

Thanks for joining in on the fun


. . . next

[TrevorW]

Loading the car with excitement and dreams
a shiny new camera, starmaps and scope
My heart full of expectation of what will be seen
as well as some snacks for the trip,

Grabbing the Map, not taking a nap,
keep driving towards that sky in the distance
that's starting to look so black,

Praying those clouds I see in the mirror will clear in time,
Knowing the night will be cold and sublime,

So I make up a song about Planets and Moon to while away the time
and hope I arrive at the dark site real soon,

Arrive at the site and theres not a cloud in sight,
The seeing is a nine, the night is all mine,

A buzz of excitement in the sky to explore,
Armed with maps and software you can't ignore,
High hopes to see the dawn sky feast,
A fine conjunction awaits me at least,
Alas it's bitterly cold and my teeth they chatter,
So I find me a blanket and on me I scatter,
All my delightful toys and imaging matter,

The Planets were so bright in the early morning light
as the dawn broke into bright sunlight,
I will never forget such a wonderfull sight.

then I jumped up with a hell of a fright
As the bloke next to me, turned on the light

I yelled at him come on, give me a break
Be he just smiled, and said, go bake a cake

So I told him to go coz there's kids at his scope
playing and fiddling and having a grope,

That made him run faster than the Olympian 'Amra'
and once he was gone I put in my camera,

Now with him gone it was dark once again
Our camp site was chilly but the stars they did spark,
It was so cold my telescope froze and drips of water fell off a my nose,

But i fought back the cold, with the warmth of my heart,
'coz that first glimpse of Saturn, cannot be my last.

I braved the frost as I ran over to Rob
He yelled at me to stop but I must be going deaf
Dodging a cane toad I tripped and went eeeeow
My cheek on top of it made me want to spew.
So all of Rob's imaging leads came quickly undone,
He'll never talk to me again I know- I ruined his M101.

Leads all untangled and back at my scope
I check on my laptop but the image looks soft,
I check all my gear to find out whats wrong
only to find I didn't take the dust cap off!

So I open a bottle of my finest red wine to warm my heart
while I sit back in my chair to look at the sky
I smile and think even after all the stink
it's still worth the trip to see those stars shining above me