Spacecraft Earth!

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Thu, 11 Jun 2026
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13 comments
 

We're riding in the universe
upon our Spacecraft Earth,
by stable star plough steady course,
travelling round, not shooting forth
in elliptical orbit, so temperature suitable,
and day length quite reasonable
for work to get done, and time to sleep.
The size of our planet means it's able to keep
an atmosphere (and of gaseous proportions so good) –
we breathe, but don't burn, and it grows us our food
and protects from the damaging rays out there
but its pressure not too heavy for us to bear.

What a wonderful craft we have for our ride
with beautiful animals, plants at our side
and everything needed for life supplied!

Certificate U
Poem
Grand Designs
Philosophy
Nature

Comments

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Great poem Rhiannon,

yes! There's no better place than our beautidul earth and we should take care of our home. You summed up what I believe is important to remember.

Thank you for sharing.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Jenny

 

Submitted by marandina on

Those last 3 lines sum it up. We should be incredibly grateful for what we have.

Very nicely done, Rhiannon. 

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Paul.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you for the cherries! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Lovely poem :0)

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

thank you!

 

Submitted by hilary west on

Hi Rhiannon

I have often thought of the earth as an open spacecraft. It's certainly a Rolls Royce device but can go wrong so easily with global warming. If we don't look after it I don't think we have any options. The moon for instance is so inhospitable and yet they talk of a moon base: the temperatures alone are formidable, either way below freezing or burning up to ridicuous degrees. I don't think we could live anywhere else.

hilary   smiley  

 

 

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

apparently the likelihood of somewhere so suiitable to any life anywhere in the universe is very low when all the factors that are just right here are considered. 

Yes, we should try to look after it, but God has said that he will remake it some day, when He sends Jesus again, and then it will not only be perfect, but also no sin! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

I like your poem a lot Rhiannon, to me it proves you are still open-minded, indeed, and bound by logic! Adventurous and playful, imaginative.

At (y/our) age hey?

Very Good! Tom

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, glad you liked it, Tom! and to be considered logical, adventurous, playful and imaginative, and yes, open-minded, though submitting to God's words as He knows far more than I could guess! Rhiannoni

 

Submitted by Nolan on

Cherries well deserved & Nolan

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

thank you! Rhiannon