From the dawn of time, the night sky has captivated human imagination. I was listening the Radio 4's The Essay on this subject. In the series, Astronomer Dr Stuart Clark gave his personal perspective on how we draw meaning from the stars on 5 essays. And I decided to do a series of 5 poems on the subject. This is the fourth.
Touching the Night
Sputnik: a single message sounding high
And so it begins: the great space race
Soon the mighty rockets begin to fly
Soaring high, fireballs move with grace
Yuri Gagarin speeding round the earth
Soon the race is on to reach the moon
Two thousand and one: star child birth
Such visions of the future, coming soon
Neil Armstrong: A small step for mankind
From the earth to the moon he came
A dream come true: no more confined
The stars our destination, our new aim
A future in the stars, we touched the night
And will never quite lose that glorious sight
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