I saw their faces – v2

They were her students
just starting in college
sitting hopeful, watching,
in the student union,
their Teacher in Space.
 
I saw their faces
contorted in pain
watching in horror
gasps, bodies shaking,
as a dream went up in flames.
 
In a way, tragically,
youth was taken from them
As I listened, I knew
they would carry that day
for the rest of their lives.
 
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edited January 28, 2022

I saw their faces – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/i-saw-their-faces-v2.html

January 28, 2022

I saw their faces

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/i-saw-their-faces.html

Christa McAuliffe’s students

at the University of New Hampshire

after the Shuttle Challenger Disaster

January 28, 2022

When the Challenger exploded

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/when-challenger-exploded.html

36-year anniversary of the Shuttle Challenger tragedy

&

Remember watching it over and over in the TV lounge in the

Memorial Union Building at the University of New Hampshire.

As each new person saw it, another gasp of horror.

So many were watching because of Christa.

&

Buzz Aldrin post about the tragedy

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=491076405713400&set=a.228263168661393

&

The members of the Challenger crew:

Francis R. Scobee, Commander

Michael J. Smith, Pilot

Ronald McNair, Mission Specialist

Ellison Onizuka, Mission Specialist

Judith Resnik, Mission Specialist

Gregory Jarvis, Payload Specialist

Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist, teacher

 

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

 

poetry, God, NASA, Challenger, tragedy, resolve, courage, America, heroes,

 

#poetry #God #NASA #Challenger #tragedy #resolve #courage #America #heroes

I saw their faces

They were her students
just starting in college
sitting hopeful, watching,
their Teacher in Space.
 
I saw their faces
contorted in pain
watching in horror
as a dream went up in flames.
 

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edited January 28, 2022

I saw their faces – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/i-saw-their-faces-v2.html

January 28, 2022

I saw their faces

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/i-saw-their-faces.html

Christa McAuliffe’s students

at the University of New Hampshire

after the Shuttle Challenger Disaster

January 28, 2022

When the Challenger exploded

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/when-challenger-exploded.html

36-year anniversary of the Shuttle Challenger tragedy

&

Remember watching it over and over in the TV lounge in the

Memorial Union Building at the University of New Hampshire.

As each new person saw it, another gasp of horror.

So many were watching because of Christa.

&

Buzz Aldrin post about the tragedy

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=491076405713400&set=a.228263168661393

&

The members of the Challenger crew:

Francis R. Scobee, Commander

Michael J. Smith, Pilot

Ronald McNair, Mission Specialist

Ellison Onizuka, Mission Specialist

Judith Resnik, Mission Specialist

Gregory Jarvis, Payload Specialist

Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist, teacher

 

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

 

poetry, God, NASA, Challenger, tragedy, resolve, courage, America, heroes,

 

#poetry #God #NASA #Challenger #tragedy #resolve #courage #America #heroes

When the #Challenger exploded

When the Challenger exploded
all of us were brought into tragedy
by the TV screens, the images
none of us wanting to believe.
 
A gasp, in horror, raw pain,
as each one saw for the first time
their faces confused, clouds of smoke,
somehow knowing death was inside.
 
A gasp was the response
as each person faced tragedy
alive in our hearts that day
never to be forgotten.
 
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January 28, 2022

When the Challenger exploded

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/when-challenger-exploded.html

36-year anniversary of the Shuttle Challenger tragedy

&

Remember watching it over and over in the TV lounge in the

Memorial Union Building at the University of New Hampshire.

As each new person saw it, another gasp of horror.

So many were watching because of Christa.

&

Buzz Aldrin post about the tragedy

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=491076405713400&set=a.228263168661393

&

The members of the Challenger crew:

Francis R. Scobee, Commander

Michael J. Smith, Pilot

Ronald McNair, Mission Specialist

Ellison Onizuka, Mission Specialist

Judith Resnik, Mission Specialist

Gregory Jarvis, Payload Specialist

Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist, teacher

 

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

 

poetry, God, NASA, Challenger, tragedy, resolve, courage, America, heroes,

 

#poetry #God #NASA #Challenger #tragedy #resolve #courage #America #heroes

I have never felt more like an astronaut

 I have never felt more like an astronaut

I have never felt more like an astronaut

the temperature below 0 degrees

my gloves like mittens

trying to pick up paper

blowing across the parking lot.

I have never felt more like an astronaut,

thank God for their training,

grasping things in weightlessness

how that must be a challenge

with gloves that feel like mittens.

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February 10, 2021

I have never felt more like an astronaut

poem, poetry, NASA, astronaut, gloves

#poem #poetry @NASA #astronaut #gloves

Poems, photographs, & videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020&2021. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

in black and white – v2

in black and white

flickering grainy images

wonder at our nation’s progress

Apollo 11 landing on the moon

in black and white

in wonder, in amazement

woken from our slumber

to watch men walk on the moon

in black and white

returning, landing in the Pacific

brought aboard the Hornet

our victory complete

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edited July 17,  2019

in black and white – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/in-black-and-white-v2.html

adding the third stanza

July 17, 2019

in black and white

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/in-black-and-white.html

watching the July 16 launch

and the July 20, 1969

Apollo 11

moon walk on our family’s

black and white TV.

I was 9 years old then.

We didn’t get a color TV

until 1976, when we moved.

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 50,810+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Apollo, Apollo 11, moon, moon walk, America, United States, NASA, pride, John F. Kennedy, achievement, success, victory, Soviet Union, Space Race, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, 50^th Anniversary, Walter Cronkite, Wally Shirra, CBS,

#Apollo #Apollo11 #moon #moonwalk #America #UnitedStates #NASA #pride #JohnFKennedy #achievement #success #victory #SovietUnion #SpaceRace #NeilArmstrong #BuzzAldrin #MichaelCollins #50^thAnniversary  #CBS #WalterCronkite #WallyShirra

in black and white

in black and white

grainy images

wonder at our progress

landing on the moon

in black and white

in wonder, in amazement

woken from our slumber

to watch men walk on the moon

---------------------------

edited July 17,  2019

in black and white – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/in-black-and-white-v2.html

adding the third stanza

July 17, 2019

in black and white

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/in-black-and-white.html

watching the July 16 launch

and the July 20, 1969

Apollo 11

moon walk on our family’s

black and white TV.

I was 9 years old then.

We didn’t get a color TV

until 1976, when we moved.

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 50,810+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Apollo, Apollo 11, moon, moon walk, America, United States, NASA, pride, John F. Kennedy, achievement, success, victory, Soviet Union, Space Race, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, 50^th Anniversary, Walter Cronkite, Wally Shirra, CBS,

#Apollo #Apollo11 #moon #moonwalk #America #UnitedStates #NASA #pride #JohnFKennedy #achievement #success #victory #SovietUnion #SpaceRace #NeilArmstrong #BuzzAldrin #MichaelCollins #50^thAnniversary  #CBS #WalterCronkite #WallyShirra

CBS News Moon landing coverage with Walter Cronkite (7/20/1969)

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage or to have me write you one. See all 30,000+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.