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Space
Shuttle Columbia
February 1, 2003
travelling the blue of infinity
you all returned, not alive...|
but returned to the earth
true valour and love
purified in the most tragic fire
ashes on mother soil
no outrageous calamities
have succeeded in vanquishing
the will of the Americans
when something good ends
something better begins to germinate --
in the United States of America
in the noble death
is re-affirmed human dignity,
life''s sublimity
by your sacrifice
you shall live in our heart
in eternity
Susumu Takiguchi
Oxford, UK
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after
a word or two a long silence then static on february one
marlene (Marlene Mountain)
Tennessee, USA |
Shuttle
Columbia:
seven souls return
to the heavens
Elbert Pruitt
Houston, TX, USA |
almost
home ~
why is it always
a clear blue sky?
Dina E. Cox
Ontario, CA |
final
approach
a morning set ablaze
with questions
Stephen Clay Dearborn
Kansas, USA |
brave
dead-
how can the birds
be singing?
Michael Baribeau
Coral, Michigan, US |
winter
world
the mind longs to reach
for a patch of blue
visnja mcmaster
Zagreb, Croatia |
misy
morning
parts of the shuttle found
near my home..
Karina Klesko
Louisiana, USA |
February
chill
eyes escape to starry skies
in search of movement
visnja mcmaster
Zagreb, Croatia |
Columbia
heroes
we don't know them but we feel
their loss so close
Rosa Clement
Amazonas, Brazil |
our eyes
glisten
with stardust -
still heavenbound
Carole MacRury
Washington, USA |
with the
stars
exploring God's kingdom
homeward bound
Mary Angela Nangini
Ontario, CA |
1
February
today even with the sun
there is darkness
an'ya (Andja Petrovic')
Oregon, USA |
Columbia's
gone
Seven stray souls
and a question in the sky
Elaine King
Auckland, NZ |
earthbound
ship
white as a meteorite
parting souls
D.W. Bender (Debi)
Florida, USA |
shooting
stars
earth and sky
salute
Allen McGill
San Miguel de Allende, MX |
Vanished
stardust creating
new constellation
Moussia Fantoli
Roma, IT |
immortal
quests
matter...metal steal
infinite spirit
sprite (Claire Chatelet)
London, UK |
further than the stars..whilst
coming down
..................on earth..infinite
souls
sprite (Claire Chatelet)
London, UK
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forever
stars
hurtling out of space
fragments of memories
sprite (Claire Chatelet)
London, UK |
old est
s h u t t l e
silenced into azure skies
nosecone near Palestine
sprite (Claire Chatelet)
London, UK |
fire in
the sky
thunderous cataract
of tears
Denis Garrison
Maryland, USA |
one in
grief
nations weep for their
champions
Denis Garrison
Maryland, USA |
Columbia
in pieces and debris
our spirit
Michael Rehling
Michigan, USA |
Flight
home
where was the Winter moon
for them?
Lewis Sanders
Tennessee, USA |
Columbia
scatter my ashes
over this land
Marlene Egger
Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
in
mini-seconds
candles snuffed out
empty coffins
in deep sympathy
peigi (Peigi Swayhoover)
Florida, USA |
earth
spins
spring constellations return
to appointed places
D.W. Bender
Florida, USA |
tears
in our nation
yet again
peigi (Peigi Swayhoover)
Florida, USA
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on the
edge of war
a symbol of our heroism
struck from space
Nancy Stewart Smith
Georgia, USA |
silence
in space
again, mankind mourns
brilliance lost
Carol Raisfeld
New York, USA |
evening
rain---
tears for
the shuttle crew
r.wilson (Robert)
PH/California, USA |
group
photograph
burned into my memory
and the tears
Benita Kape
East Coast, NZ |
thunder
storm
young birds
return to their nest
A Ramey (Andrea)
California, USA |
winter
stars -
tonight an extra prayer
for travellers
Alison Williams
Southampton, UK |
frontiersmen
in a split second
silence
A Ramey (Andrea)
California, USA |
2/1/2003
the smoke-tailed fireball
of seven lost lives
Zhanna P. Rader
Georgia, USA |
in a
trembling voice
Mom describes the thunder
of departing souls
Elbert Pruitt
Houston, Texas, USA |
nothing
more. . .
shafts of sunlight
on a contrail
Kirsty Karkow
Maine, USA |
............long
after..their loss confirmed
this constant urge..to search the blue
names of the crew..on
a mission patch
.....it landed safely..in
green grass
Elbert Pruitt
Houston, Texas, USA
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switch
the channel -
a re-run of Challenger
on the news?
catastrophe -
even now a burning star
crosses Palestine*
magnificent seven -
their families led away
in tears
a quick end -
to become as the stars
for a moment
Kevin Ryan
Loughborough, UK
(*in Palestine, Texas) |
seven
angels
born to us in a moment
of silence
Darrell Byrd
California, USA |
blue sky
-
even the brown-eyed Susan
is blue
deborah russell
Maryland, USA |
such
bright lives
in an instant
forged in our memory
Penny Harper
London UK |
this day
Columbia's astronauts
found new skies
b'oki (Bette Wappner)
Kentucky USA |
I saw
her once
across the twilight sky
a gem of light
Linda Papanicolaou
California, USA |
that one
falling star -
strange how it hides the shadow
of the four horsemen
Ray Rasmussen
Alberta, CA |
a sudden
chill
February 1 -
flags half-mast
H. Gene Murtha
Buena, NJ. (USA) |
Sometimes
the smiles,
sometimes the tears
unite us all
Scars on the Earth's face -
an empty blue sky
always again
Tomislav Maretic
Zagreb, CR
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these
January tears
frozen in silence
the fog of the night
Vladislav Hadjidinev
Sofia, BU |
pieces
of a star
scattered over the earth
new tears
louise linville
Florida, USA |
in the
sparrow's eye
the soundless brilliance
of a catastrophe
ito (Juanito Escareal)
California, USA |
groundhog
day
my first son's birthday ~
a longer shadow
ai... chibi (Dennis Holmes)
Georgia, USA |
home in
the heavens
contrails ending
in a sudden brilliance
Adelaide B. Shaw
New York, USA |
seven
photographs --
the child on tip-toes
touches daddy's smile
ron moss
Tasmania, AU |
beyond
the flag
flying at half-staff,
seven stars
M. Nickels-Wisdom
Illinois, USA |
february
the world grieves
our faith undefeated
Carmel C. Lively
Yuma, Arizona |
on their
way home
spirits of the seven
in the heavens
Kate Creighton
New Jersey, USA |
another
sad day
space shuttle columbia
returns; so many tears
gillena cox
St James, Trinidad and Tobago |
past
count down
past the clouds
to infinity
Theolyn Brock |
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TANKA TRIBUTES |
falling
star
in the morning sky
how bright you burn
your moment of return
a shout, a vanishing
Michael McClintock
California, USA |
falling
from heaven
white as a meteorite...
this winged ship
returns spirits, earthbound,
to destinies of stars
D. W. Bender (Debi)
Florida USA |
once
we spilled to earth
from a distant silver star
a dewdrop's shiver
banished from a captive sky
by Ama-terasu's loom
D.W. Bender (Debi)
from the tanka series "Between Breaths"
written 5-20-01 (rev. 2-1-03 for Columbia)
Florida, USA |
under
Phoebus' gaze
our proud Columbia fell. . .
trailing clouds
angels gathered seven gems
for the oceans beyond space
Kirsty Karkow
Maine, USA |
let
our remains
scatter on earth's bowel
we've paved the way
so future astronauts
can carry on our dreams
Victor P. Gendrano
PH/California, USA |
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FREE VERSE TRIBUTES |
the
night sky
empties a handful
of humans
how brief but
bright their light
a nudge of lesser air
rises... rises
the sounds unheard
a mere mote dashes
and flashes some
message of surrender
near the limit
of Earth's embrace
spirits on their way
on their way spirited
closer to release
envied a final moment
with deep sympathy
ai... chibi (Dennis Holmes)
Gergia, USA |
yonder
above the vast expanse
how puny the earth looks
a blue-white speck adrift
almost in nothingness
just for a little while there
I sensed not only loneliness
but fragile hope for humankind
in its incessant search
for peace
Victor P. Gendrano
PH/California, USA
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA -- 29
January 2003 |
"In
the retina of my eye, the whole Earth and the sky could be seen
reflected, so I called all the crew members one by one, and they saw it, and
everybody said, 'Oh, wow!'" -Kalpana Chawla
Astronauts
seeing the world
seeing themselves
Elbert Pruitt
Houston, TX
for K. Chawla and her crew
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