Honour Yuri Gagarin – the first man in space
In the Vostok* which
orbited Earth’s rugged face,
17,000 miles clocked-up
in an hour
Top-secret mission
of Soviet power!
Aloft, all alone
– pre the world of I.T.
With off-course,
safe landing near the vast Volga sea;
What relief to
his wife**, a rare one to know
Of this great mission,
all else on down-low…
With the Cold
War as backcloth, and black-out of Press
The world knew
so little, the Americans less!
The Iron Curtain
waivered at wind of this coup
The Space Race took
off in the deepest of blue.
Soon Kennedy’s vow
put a Man on the Moon
More missions then
followed, some thwarted too soon
Exploration
continues, we’ve landed on Mars
But Gagarin’s achievement
is writ in the stars!
(c) Poet in the woods 2021
* On 12th April, 1961
** Valentina 1935-2020
Yuri Gagarin 1934-1968
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