starship
A re-post from my 2012 NaPoWriMo attempts. Too much sci-fi perhaps? :)
Didn't post anything the past two weeks. Was following my country's General Elections. Sigh..
photo by rosevita, image from morguefile.com
starship
light
years
away
from a past
that was a murky
distant memory was
the dust of stars and
generations have lived
propagated warred killed
loved and died on this ship
carrying rain forests and
oceans and an armour of
air and treasures and
myths and species
hurtling through
its destiny
this ship
we
called
Terra
06/04/2012
**********
"It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.”
― Neil Armstrong
Shared on Poetry Pantry #269 at Poets United.
P.S. Do you like the new blog header image, which I designed myself?
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2015
Didn't post anything the past two weeks. Was following my country's General Elections. Sigh..
starship
light
years
away
from a past
that was a murky
distant memory was
the dust of stars and
generations have lived
propagated warred killed
loved and died on this ship
carrying rain forests and
oceans and an armour of
air and treasures and
myths and species
hurtling through
its destiny
this ship
we
called
Terra
06/04/2012
**********
"It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.”
― Neil Armstrong
Shared on Poetry Pantry #269 at Poets United.
P.S. Do you like the new blog header image, which I designed myself?
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2015
Labels: Earth, NaPoWriMo, Poetry, sci-fi, shape poetry
posted by dsnake1 at 8:12 PM
14 Comments:
Ah, I do like your new blog header!! And as far as your poem goes, it sounds like it could be the prologue of a sci fi novel that perhaps you should write. Smiles!
Good to see you!
i follow very closely our farcical run toward elections coming up. ours here in america are sadly just a circus of horrors.
in a lighter note, nice piece
gracias for sharing
First of all .. what a lovely poem this is :D and yes I love the header image.. its so your style!! Have a nice weekend :D
Oh yes I like the header.. and I do like sci-fi poetry.. as a matter of fact one of my first reading of poetry was the Sci-fi poetry Aniara by Harry Martinsson.. it's very hard to get the English translation but it's really a wonderful piece... I like though how you transform it from Sci-Fi to the ship of earth.. very good.
love this poem and its spaceship layout :)
I love the new header. And loved your poem, too.
Greetings from London.
now that is an interesting form
A very cool blog header, my friend. I love the poem, and the idea of earth as a spaceship, which it is, really, slowly spinning through space. A ship of finite resources as we are too slowly becoming aware of. Soon, we all will be refugees.
I do like the header...nicely done. And I love the image your words created by spacing of lines and in word. I too am a sci-fi fan.
Great blog header, well designed! And I very much like the poem too
Mary,
thank you!
no, i don't think i am ready for a novel yet. too much distractions at the moment. maybe something shorter to begin.
i am glad to be back at Poets United. :)
Marcoantonio,
ah, someone likened our elections to that of China and N. korea. but that is just too extreme. we have 9 political parties vying for the seats, but in the end nothing much changes. thus the sigh.
thanks for the visit, amigo. :)
Sanaa,
haha, "it's so your style". thank you so much! :)
i like the header image too. took me about an hour to create it.
Bjorn,
Harry Martinsson. i can see where one of your influences came from. :)
i really must try to read Aniara one day.
i wrote this poem thinking that Earth itself is no more different from any man-made spaceship, only much much more complex.
Sumana,
shape poetry, it's like drawing on paper too, plus you have to trim and count the words and characters. :)
A Cuban in London,
thank you! enjoyed your excellent article at your blog. :)
SuyashJ,
that's called shape poetry, or sometimes called concrete poetry. not everyone's cup of tea. :)
Sherry,
i share your sentiments too. soon we may all be refugees, if this rate of destruction of the earth is not checked. :(
Donna,
thank you!
it's interesting how many of us who write poetry also has an interest in sci-fi. perhaps we are really curious creatures. :)
Rosemary,
thank you! :)
Distant memories often make for strong foundations - a powerful poem..and very wise
Great poem. In no way is it to sci-fi.
Jae Rose,
very wise? thank you! :)
G L,
thank you! it was inspired by inter-planetary travel. :)
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