Hi All and Anita!
How wonderful it is to read your poem.
Do you write more poetry?
You are right about wondering about looking up or down.
I do both now, before I searched for meteorites I don't recall looking up
often unless I went to see a meteor shower.
Thanks for sharing!
A nice way to end the day!
With best regards,
Moni
From: Anita D. Westlake [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Poem
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:33:25 -0500
Since we're on the subject, I thought I would share this with you.
I wrote this poem after taking a Geology and Space Science course two
years ago from Dr. Mike Reynolds.
Ode to Dr. Mike and His Space Cadets Wildacres, 2005
By Anita D. Westlake
I must confess I didn't know
Binoculars were fun
We talked about them that first class
Until the day was done.
The second day was telescopes
The big, the bad, the Go-To's
It's amazing what I didn't know
That just goes to show you!
Next we played with our planispheres
And it's here that I must lament,
I looked in the sky both day and night
And never found the grommet.
The things we saw that first clear night
The Moon! Jupiter! Saturn!
The oohs and ahhs that issued forth
Were to become a pattern.
The moon was full and shining bright
And Saturn wore its rings
But Jupiter's four trailing moons
Was the most amazing thing!
And then we learned of meteorites
Those visitors from space
Dr. Mike says Keep Looking Up!
They'll land right on your face!
Ataxites, Achrondrites
Who knew there were such words?
There's one called Camel Donga
That sounds just like a...bird
We learned what makes stars twinkle
It's written down in song
But you haven't lived until you've learned
A meteorite from wrong.
How could I live this long on Earth
Not seeing the stars so boundless?
I've always looked down at the ground
In my life as a Rockhoundress.
So now I'm really troubled
With this new love that I've found
When I leave the comfort of my home
Should I look up or down?
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