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“A Green Queen” by Kate O’Neil

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A GREEN QUEEN?

Should one consider ‘going green’

if one’s lot is being Queen,

and majesty’s one’s thing?

 

Should one think of steps to take

to change one’s ways for the planet’s sake?

or would one choose to cling

 

to royal extravagance, glamour and show

as part of one’s deal, so mere Joe Blow

must be the one to care?

 

Should Royals have to do their bit?

Pull their weight? Show true grit?

Wouldn’t that be fair?

 

Kate O’Neil

“Perpetual Trophy” by Monty Edwards

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Perpetual Trophy

It stood there in the cabinet:
The cup we all desired,
Engraved with names of winners past:
The stars we all admired.
Now watch us train with fierce intent
To match, then beat their best
For striving for that lofty goal
Will help us top the rest.
But if our team should fail the tests
On which success depends,
There will remain a greater prize:
A lasting group of friends

“Space Dust SiO2” by Celia Berrell

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A man-made material

Silica aerogel

recently travelled in outer space

collecting the particles

shed by a comet’s tail

bringing them back to a NASA base.


A frothy glass matrix

of mostly air – sandy mix

lighter than feathers and stronger than steel

is brittle-snap crazy

and seems smoky-hazy.

When rubbed on a surface it gives out a squeal!


This stiff-sponge sensation

has great insulation

preventing the passage of heat through its layer.

Like a piece of blue sky

that is crisp, light and dry

its edges look fuzzy, like snap-frozen air.



Space Duster SiO2 by Celia Berrell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfUIc6efV3w
Lawrence Livermore Quest Lab video

“Put it in the Bad Poem Section” by Alessandra Liverani

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PUT IT IN THE BAD POEM SECTION

I’ve been told to write a really bad poem
It goes against the grain but sometimes you gotta show ‘em
That you can write the baddest, the baddest of bad
In the bad poem section, you’ve got something to add
Now normally my poems perfectly rhyme and flow
They dance and they sing, a line would never end in apropos
They’re deep, so very deep that their bottom has never been found
In the deep and meaningful section is where they’re usually crowned

But just for a laugh, just for something different to do
I thought I’d write a poem which would get the kind of review
That you wouldn’t wipe your bum with, for fear of being contaminated
Write one for which the reviewers had only vitriolic hatred

So this is my offering to put in the bad poem section
I hope it gets added to many bad poem collections
But I’d like it to be known, I make this statement bold
That all my other poems are sheer solid gold!

“Revolution” by Jackie Hosking

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Revolution

 

Many moons ago

Copernicus, you know

Unearthed that planets dance around the sun

The earth, it seemed, was not

The central turning spot

Around which universal bodies spun

 

Then came Galileo

Another spacey fellow

Who thought Copernicus was quite correct

But the church became afraid

Of the viewpoints being made

So they locked him up to mute his intellect

 

But before these confrontations

As he peered at constellations

Through his telescope, he soon discovered more

While the earth had only one,

A greater distance from the sun

Was Jupiter with moons that totaled four

 

Now centuries down the track

As we marvel, looking back

Just how very brave these innovators were

Giving birth to modern science

With their obstinate defiance

Means that trips to outer space can now occur