The day the universe exploded my head : poems to take you into space and back again
by Wolf, Allan (Author)
Summary
Hang on tight for a raucous bounce through the solar system and back -- propelled by funny, fanciful, factually sound poems and exuberant illustrations. The universe poured into me. My brain was overloaded. It smoked and glowed red-hot. And then it actually exploded. Ever wonder what the sun has to... Full description
- The Sun : a solar sunnet, er, sonnet
- The Sun did not go down today
- A Moon buffet
- Shooting stars : Perseid meteor shower (poem for three meteors)
- Meteorite : chaos in Chelyabinsk February 15, 2013
- Mercury : given to extremes
- Venus (come live with me and be my lunch)
- Earth : your mother I'll be
- Mars : a Martian sonnet
- The Moons of Mars : fear and terror! (poem for two small moons)
- Jupiter : I'm Jupiter the giant
- Saturn : and the winner for best wardrobe is ...
- Uranus : the planet behind the blue-green mask
- Neptune : the lonesome, on-my-own-some Neptune blues
- The moons of Neptune : roses are red, Neptune is blue
- Planet X
- Pluto and Charon : dancing with the stars (poem for a dwarf planet and its moons)
- Twinkle, twinkle little man
- Going the distance : (rap for two voices)
- Solar eclipse : (poem for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
- Lunar eclipse : (poem for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
- Black hole
- A Sputnik moment : first artificial satellite October 4, 1957 (poem for two scientists)
- Ivan Ivanovich : mannequin cosmonaut March 1961
- The children of astronomy
- For those who light the candle : for the astronauts and cosmonauts who have given their lives to travel into space
- The rocket launch
- The rusty rockets retirement garden : Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida (poem for four aging rockets)
- The day the universe exploded my head : (poem for one human, one heart, and one brain)
- Notes on the poems
- Glossary of selected space terms
- Internet resources
- Acknowledgements.