Space Poetry

A Wasteland of Beauty

shimmering stars

as far as the eye can see

raging sun invades the night 

colossal craters scattered across  planets

darkness

engulfs me like a warm blanket

black holes stealing stars

sweltering mars like an infinite desert 

determined rockets hurtle into the abyss

mysterious  creatures scuttle across earth

space 

a wasteland of beauty

- by Reuben Veenstra age 11 

Aliens

I saw the glimmering moon 

shiny in my glass eyes. 

The night sky is mesmerising 

black holes sucking things into the dark pit.

The galaxy is wonderful…

But… I have a few questions about aliens.

Are aliens real? 

If so are they grey or white?

Are aliens humanoid or big fat blobs? 

Are there other species of aliens?

Where do get aliens food? 

Maybe they come to earth and get grape jelly.

- by Sousuke Feng

age 9yrs

Space to Earth 

Glistening oorte cloud

 and a child's teary eye

Deep black hole 

and a mysterious forest night

Multicolored  supernova 

and a hypnotising tv screen 

Fiery neutron star pair

and rage filled eyes

Sprinting stars

and a child racing in the moist morning  field

- by Bella Folesi (Age 11 )

My Spacey Memory

Dangerous Jupiter just in sight

Spinning meteorite plummeting to earth

Multi-coloured Saturn chatting to friends

Freezing Pluto, an icy freezer

Twinkling stars, hot like lava

Fiery sun burning like an oven

Greedy black hole slurping up light 

Glowing eclipse, mysterious in the sky

This memory plastered in my head 

Forever.

- by Ella-Rose Evans age 11

Space as We Know it           

The shining moon like glittering art 

Saves us in the night like a hero’s heart 

Microscopic Mercury, shining bright

Orbiting the sun, a spinning light.

Sweltering Venus whirls like her twin,

Through the blank sea of night she gracefully swims.                                                            

But far away I glimpse the soul          

Of a sucking, massive jet black hole.

No matter how they shine today

In the end, they’ll be sucked away

- by Yathindra Kulathunga, Age 12

Bright Sun, 

burning like fire

rocky Mercury, 

tiny like an ant

a globular cluster,

 like a shiny disco ball

sparkly Ganymede

black and yellow like a bee

the mini pulsar 

shaped like a friendly stingray

Boiling Venus as hot as lava

and clouds as thick as 

a dictionary

- by Taliah Lesatele, Year 7