During beach vacation this year we had a theme for Entertainment Night since it was the 50th anniversary of the first man on the moon and I wrote this poem about it:<\/p>\n
A Man on the Moon
By Michelle Brodie
July 18, 2019<\/p>\n
To stand under the stars & planets on a dark night<\/p>\n
To know those remote places, stars, galaxies, and the stellar panorama is alright<\/p>\n
Both humbling & exhilarating<\/p>\n
To see from our tiny island planet<\/p>\n
Celestial wonders pulsating<\/p>\n
The light we see this dark night<\/p>\n
Shone in ancient times when dinosaurs terrorized everything in sight<\/p>\n
Puffs of frosty breath and star cities beyond our own Milky Way<\/p>\n
Make us ponder and wonder are we really here to stay?<\/p>\n
This night we lie on dewy grass<\/p>\n
And gaze at the starry, starry night<\/p>\n
A celestial excursion is about to pass<\/p>\n
Our nearest celestial neighbor 239,000 miles away<\/p>\n
Orbiting once every 27-32 days maybe we will go there one day<\/p>\n
It\u2019s July 20, 1969<\/p>\n
10:48 pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time and just in time<\/p>\n
Neil Armstrong has just stepped on the moon!<\/p>\n
We watch enthralled with the entire platoon<\/p>\n
Black & white TV,<\/p>\n
Walter Cronkite narrating and everyone around the world, except China, can see<\/p>\n
Neil in his darling white suit, oversized mirrored helmet, Odd little cod piece and<\/p>\n
Moon-dust covered boot<\/p>\n
I felt a twinge of pity<\/p>\n
Michael Collins on the sideline of history<\/p>\n
In neither moon nor city<\/p>\n
There to make sure to bring our Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin safely home<\/p>\n
To our round blue planet to be adored and placed on a throne<\/p>\n
But now 50 years have passed<\/p>\n
And few are left who witnessed or remember<\/p>\n
Yet here we are today celebrating this momentous occasion<\/p>\n
And stoking the memory like a glowing ember<\/p>\n
It may seem quaint to young people today and those who came after<\/p>\n
Nnnn,\u00a0 We sent a man to the moon\u2026<\/p>\n
But to me I will always remember July 20, 1969 with awe and wonder<\/p>\n
And hope that, just as a young man, cut down in his prime, propelled a nation to pursue its lofty goal of putting a man on the moon,<\/p>\n
We will continue to pursue our dreams, achieve them with alacrity and soon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
During beach vacation this year we had a theme for Entertainment Night since it was the 50th anniversary of the first man on the moon and I wrote this poem about it: A Man on the MoonBy Michelle BrodieJuly 18, 2019 To stand under the stars & planets on a dark night To know those remote places, stars, galaxies, and the stellar panorama is alright Both humbling & exhilarating To see from our tiny island planet Celestial wonders pulsating The light we see this dark night Shone in ancient times when dinosaurs terrorized everything in sight Puffs of frosty breath and star cities beyond our own Milky Way Make us ponder and wonder are we really here to stay? This night we lie on dewy grass And gaze at the starry, starry night A celestial excursion is about to pass Our nearest celestial neighbor 239,000 miles away Orbiting once every […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":770,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-791","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellebrodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellebrodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellebrodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michellebrodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michellebrodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michellebrodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":792,"href":"https:\/\/michellebrodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/791\/revisions\/792"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michellebrodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellebrodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}