Space Poems

Ten-year-old Joshua Stevenson has written two poems for us, both about things we have to look up at - a planet and a firework.

This is a photograph of Jupiter and one of its moons, Io. It was taken in 1979 from 20 million miles away by Voyager 1.

Can you see the planet's Great Red Spot? This is a swirling mass of clouds, like a hurricane, where the winds blow up to 250 miles an hour!

Photo: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA-JPL)

Here's Joshua's space poem...

'Jupiter

The planet, biggest of all 9,
floating, its just fine.
Its like a tree in the breeze,
not a colany of bees.
A blue whale in the sea,
nice and gentle, you will see.
Better than the rest,
Jupiter is the best.'

Next comes the firework poem - a bit closer to home than Jupiter.

Speaking of fireworks, 2005 is the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot.

Later in the year we'll be launching a fab new interactive all about Guy Fawkes and his fellow plotters. We'll keep you posted.

Here's the poem...

'Firework

Its a rocket blasting higher,
a giant ball of fire.
Flying up in the sky,
get in the way and you'll die.
Faster than a plane,
get hit and you'll feel pain.
blowing up in flight
to celebrate bonfire night.'

Thanks so much for sending both of your poems in Joshua. They're great.

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