#rocket poems on Hello Poetry

Aaron Mullin Aug 2018

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This poem is rooted in play. If you read this poem in a linear fashion based on the rules of the English language, it will be nonsensical as if Jabberwocky wrote it.

If you take a step back and look at the form and structure and forget a little of what you think you know then you might understand how the narrative flows. And if you dig a little deeper, you might find a few Easter eggs for further contemplation.

#reversepoetry #indigenous #colonize #tears #aboriginal #native #rocket #science

Maxim Keyfman Sep 2018

Falling Into A Dream.

I fall into a dream I
I fall into a dream
in a dream I fall
I fall into a dream

and the arrows go
they do not stop and
arrows go their
never stop

I fall into a dream fall
in a dream I
I fall falling into a dream
and in the sky a rocket

21.09.19

#dream #her #love #she #you #stop #sky #rocket #fall #sad

Poetic T Sep 2018

Finding Stars Beneath His Gaze

She said he was to down to earth,
that she could never see the stars
                        beneath his staring.

"Am I not grounded enough?
        do you wish to gaze deeper
              than even I can look into..

Would you want to reach the heavens,
to see how many glimmers float deep
       within every blinking of my sight.

"She pondered his question,

If you can make me see the universe
entwined within every look
                                        you give me.
                              I'll be yours forever.

So days past upon his gaze, not at her!
            but the fulfilment of her wishes.
And with that, he brought out his gesture
                                 of making her see stars.

"Strap this on yourself!

But is this not just a rocket?
        will I not leave your side.

Never would I let us part,
       you will only be above my gaze.
my eyes steering you, no longer grounded.

With a twinkle in his eye he gazed at her,
   "I see the stars gleaming in your eyes.
    "You are no longer grounded to.....

And without a word the rocket shot off.
        hearing her faint words.. I was wro…

With that a shower of sparks erupted,
         in the  heavens and for a second she saw stars..
But unfortunately ungrateful of what she had.

He never saw her again after that.
         But he was a man of his word.
Now grounded to terra-firma he gazes
                  towards the stars and smiles.

Some are not grounded enough to realise what they have, and this never ends well in the long run. Always count your stars as there not always going to be visible..

#rocket #gaze #stars #grounded #smiles #whoosh

july hearne Jul 2018

a subsidized rocket ship

after the crossroads
the wrong turns
and taken risks not worth taking

there came a time in my life
when nothing came next

no highways calling out for me
just painted rainbow crosswalks
for staying put

i stayed inside a lot
the more i hid
the dirtier the carpet got

it was cheap and poorly cut
to begin with, the dirt i was daring to become filth didn't help

the more i hated the cost of living
the dirtier the carpet got
the richer jeff bezos got

so stupid i thought

it was a daily thought
my own personal seventieth seven

antichrist and nothing
but crowds to fill his headquarters
hairless cat of a shepherd and his reusable sheep
i stayed inside a lot

so stupid i thought
the more i hid
the dirtier the carpet got

we can only hope
a subsidized rocket ship
can only launch so high

#gasped #the #reusable #rocket

Jolan Lade May 2018

My Liberator

She arrived like rain on fire
She possessed my every desire
She poured fuel into my cup
Inserted a sparkplug and started me up
Rocket engine fired up, boost activated and racing towards the top
Exiting the atmosphere
Never has my vision been so clear
Stars and planets cheering in excitement
Her voice is my drive in a space so silent
Thundering past gas giants and supernova’s
Competing against science in alliance with the gods, odds in our Favour
Hearts greater than nature
My saviour

Far off star struck

#her #she #rain #fire #desire #fuel #started #rocket #stars #planets

Jolan Lade May 2018

Little brittle rocket science

Long years it is
Sitting on a bench
People trying to teach me
But teaching me is like teaching a tree to talk or a rock to walk
They expect logic to be self-explanatory like a self-writing story
But not when you are surrounded by space and your mind is a rocket
Because then there is no time for them and what they call knowledge
Only how fast the rocket goes, with how many voltage

Me in my head and them in their world

#rocket #science #school #expect #logic #space #mind #time #knowledge #people

SangAndTranen Mar 2018

In Delirium

We see you commander,
Floating away.
Don’t lower your flag,
We need you to stay.

Don’t lift off this Earth.
That won’t do you good.
You’ll only be lonely,
We did what we could.

Will the little men save you?
I think not.
Don’t float away,
Or you will be gone.

Commander, you command this rocket,
Starboard, port, into the abyss.
We serve under you without failure,
But we cannot function like this.

I know you think that no one will care,
But we do, we love you, and life is not fair.

You have a purpose; Commander come back,
Don’t give up on us,
or we will all crack.

Got inspired in the middle of doing chemistry work :/ Bit Bowie inspired.

#drugs #suicide #abandonment #dark #help #helplessness #space #rocket #spaceship

MARK RIORDAN Mar 2018

HISTORIC MEETING

DONALD TRUMP AND KIM JONG UN
ARE JUST ABOUT TO MEET
THIS WILL BE AN HISTORIC MEETING
THAT IS TRULY HARD TO BEAT

NO MORE ROCKET MAN
NO MORE NUCLEAR WAR
BOTH ARE SITTING DOWN FOR A CHAT
LIKE NEVER SEEN BEFORE

MAYBE THE WORLDS FUTURE
IS NOW SAFE AND CLEAR
DONALD TRUMP AND KIM JONG UN
JUST HAVE A NICE COLD BEER

FINALLY THE ROCKET MAN AND TRUMP ARE TO SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE FOR A CHAT. LETS HOPE THIS WILL THE START OF A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP.

#trump #rocket #man

Xant Feb 2018

A Lonesome Astronaut

He's up there
The lonesome astronaut,
with a will to fly,
and a skill of flight

He and a star
that have just collided
both dies gracefully
Like a flower withering in spring
But the star still haughty
And so full of itself it explodes
Into a supernova

He and the star
that emits the brightest light
And obscures the eyes
of whoever that sees
As he dies ever so faithfully

And the flaring light?
Blinds thousands as it emerged
in the darkest seven p.m.
But we were wildly astonished
by the lonesome astronaut
who was a dashing astronaut

-2018-

A poem inspired by a song.

#astronaut #sky #star #fly #collide #rocket #space #die #obscure #lonesome