Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Sci-Fi Poem "Texas Stargazin'"


Still another poem from my now out-of-print speculative poetry collection...

Poem "Texas Stargazin'" originally published November 2010 in Issue #7 of Abandoned Towers.
 
"Texas Stargazin'" illustration previously unpublished in a zine of anthology.

Texas Stargazin’

Saunter out onto the wide-open range
Amidst prickly pears and lowing longhorns.
Gaze up into that great big Texan sky
And ponder the wonders of the heavens.

Draw cowboys in that glittering cosmos.
Spy Pecos Bill cracking his rattler whip
And wrangling a gigantic stellar steer.
Predict your future in their shining trails.

Mark the flaming course of a shooting star
Burning so bright across the firmament.
Make just one wish before it disappears,
But hope it’s not the last this awesome night.

See lights landing upon the desert sands,
Then greet green-skinned visitors to our world.
Climb aboard their glimmering silver ship
To witness the marvels of outer space
Close up.

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