The Making Of The Moon Poem by Stevie Taite

The Making Of The Moon

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The moon was born with Earth they say
Two vortex, large and small
Of gas and dusty nebula
And gravitation's pull

Little wind does stroke its land
For mass is sixth of Earth
Which holds down little Atmosphere
Around its smaller girth

It doesn't suffer weathering
Or recycling of rocks
It's craters still look like the day
The meteors gave it pox

The moon it had no H20
No vapour formed a sea
The soup of life was not there served
So remained species free!

The jealous moon so tries to steal
Our oceans from their sleep
In cohorts with the Sun
In tides, the water it does reap

It shares our sky as night time falls
Lit by Suns distant rays
Earths shadow makes it wax and wane
in monthly orbit phase

It shows us always that same face
A twirl timed to perfection
The dark side made to shy away
and ne'er holds lights reflection

It has a trick tucked up it's sleeve
When trajectory befits
Its size and distance blocks the Sun
In rare lunar eclipse

But feel the comfort shared by those
In full moons gentle light
It's softness soothes the wounded heart
And hears its woeful plight

A flip of coin would have us think
The disc could turn us wild
It sparked a werewolf fairy tale
That scared me as a child

The moon was born with Earth they say
I think it was decided.
The other explanations
Was that meteor collided

In orbit round the Earth it stayed
It's how the theory's stated
But I prefer the version here
That has the two related.











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POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Reasonably factual and hopefully good enough to keep you reading as it is quite a long one for me!
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Ruby Honeytip 10 December 2012

We love the long ones! !

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Jahan Zeb 11 December 2012

After a long time I have read you and missed this one. Brilliant Stevie. What description! I love the way you developed it and love your selection of words. Factual with imaginary touch. Great

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Red O'mara 11 December 2012

Ahh, lyrical science teachers. Where were youse when I was at school. Great idea nicely done.Some lovely rhymes

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R.k Das 11 December 2012

i think, , maximum number of poems must have been inspired by moon, , , the moon is feminine gender in england and masculine in india, , , , there moon is Queen Moon, , here in india Moon is Uncle Moon, , , and in this poem the poet has gone into the genesis of the creation of moon, , , , in astronomy, , , one more poem on moon, , and am jealous of the moon, , , hahahah, not kidding, , , , : (

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Valerie Dohren 12 December 2012

No eclipse going on here - brilliant write.

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Kelvin Owusu 24 December 2012

YOU are an AMAZING TALENT that is all i will say for what i have read

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Saadat Tahir 19 December 2012

lovely.... :) did you write it to help your students grab the stuff. liked it cheers

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Kanav Justa 17 December 2012

I am pretty sure moon would be at cloud nine after reading this wonderful poem...

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Chandra Thiagarajan 14 December 2012

A creditable poem on the moon coupled with scientific facts is greatly alluring.! In this connection I wish you go through my poem-Moon Dream- for which I elicit your valued remarks, pl.

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Ruby Honeytip 14 December 2012

Yep....it's me again xx I love this poem...have I told you that? lol xxxxx

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Stevie Taite

Stevie Taite

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