Beyond Earth's edge : the poetry of spaceflight / edited by Julie Swarstad Johnson and Christopher Cokinos ; with an introduction by John M. Logsdon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Julie Swarstad, editor.

Cokinos, Christopher, editor.

Logsdon, John M., 1937- writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space flight--Poetry.

Space flight.

American poetry--21st century.

American poetry.

Outer space--Exploration--Poetry.

Outer space.

Exploration of outer space.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 248 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2020.

Summary:

"Beyond Earth's Edge vividly captures the violence of blast-off, the wonders seen by Hubble, and the trajectories of exploration to Mars and beyond through poetry. The anthology offers a fascinating record of both national mindsets and private perspectives as poets grapple with the promise and peril of U.S. space exploration across the decades, and into the present"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: SPUTNIK AND THE RACE TO THE MOON

Sputnik: October 4, 1957 / Corrinne Clegg Hales

Uncle Bud, Unshaken In The Wake Of Sputnik October 1957 / David Clewell

The Nazis At White Sands / Christopher Cokinos

Laika / Frank Paino

Heel & Toe To The End / William Carlos Williams

A Lady Astronaut Tests For Space / Enid Shomer

21 / Pablo Neru Da

Moonshotsonnet / Mary Ellen Solt

After The Flight Of Ranger VII / May Swenson

Sunset At Laramie / Loren Eiseley

From Alan / Ronald Duncan

Space Walk / Raymond Wilson

Orbiting Ark / John Fairfax

Poem Rocket / Allen Ginsberg

For The International Poetry Incarnation / Edwin Morgan

Landing On The Moon / May Swenson

Elegy For Three Astronauts / Mary Ellen Solt

Americanspacesuit / Jesse De Angelis

The Crew Of Apollo 8 / Elaine V. Emans

Space / X. J. Kennedy

Voyage To The Moon / Archibald Macleish

Walk On The Moon / N. Scott Momaday

From "Computer 70: Dreams & Lovepoems" / D. M. Thomas

Astronauts / Robert Hay Den

The Flight Of Apollo / Stanley Kunitz

A Farewell, A Welcome / Lisel Mueller

Apollo / Elizabeth Alexander

Eva Psalm / Raymond Roseliep

Annie Pearl Smith Discovers Moonlight / Patricia Smith

Apollo (1969) / Campbell Mcgrath

Moon Landing / W. H. Auden

Moon Song, Woman Song / Anne Sexton

Lunar / Alyse Bensel

Captain Lovell / Gabrielle Calvocoressi

Into Orbit / Al Word En

Elegy For The Last Man To Walk The Moon / Bruce Bond

Abandon In Place / Ray Bradbury

ROBOTIC EXPLORERS

Pioneer 10 / Donna Kane

Viking 1 / Brian Turner

Gold Record / Tomas Q. Morin

An Open Letter To Voyager II / John Updike

After Taking The Family Portrait Of The Solar System, Voyager One Understands Herself As Orpheus In Plain Daylight / Jessica Rae Bergamino

From Voyager / Srikanth Reddy

From The Voyager Record: A Transmission / Anthony Michael Morena

Cassini In Heaven / Landis Everson

From Convexities / Srikanth Reddy

Voyager 2, Thinking, Types Things / Mark A. Mccutcheon

Enceladus Considers Cassini / Carolyn Oliver

How Long Is The Heliopause / Heather Christle

Psalm 8 / Julie Swarstad Johnson

HUMANS IN LOW EARTH ORBIT

Witnessing The Launch Of The Shuttle Atlantis / Howard Nemerov

Night Launch / Maxine Kumin

Those Minor Regrets / Adrian Matejka

The Shuttle / Patrick Mcguinness

Elegy For Challenger / Diane Ackerman

My God, It's Full Of Stars / Tracy K. Smith

Hubble Photographs: After Sappho / Adrienne Rich

A Photograph From The Hubble Telescope / William Wenthe

Cosmic Fireflies / Story Musgrave

A Kiss In Space / Mary Jo Salter

From "Zero Gravity" / Gwyneth Lewis

Fallen / Betty Adcock

The Invisible Bridge / Keith Flynn

Homeland Security / Alison Hawthorne Deming

A Brave And Startling Truth / Maya Angelou

TO THE STARS, WITH DIFFICULTIES

Afrofuturism / Douglas Kearney

Hajar, First Woman On The Moon / Mohja Kahf

Firmament On High / Laurence Goldstein

From Genesis: An Epic Poem / Frederick Turner

Still Life On Mars / Brendan Constantine

Canyon Color / Kim Stanley Robinson

From "Water On New Mars" / Will Alexander

Arcadia, Mars / Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers

Dear Echo / Kyle Dargan

Pale Blue / C. Wade Bentley

Spock As A Metaphor For The Construction Of Race During My Childhood / Matthew Olzmann

From "The Engineer" / Bryan D. Dietrich

Possible Margins Of Error And Variation In The Matter Stream / Ann Ah Sobelman

Next Generations / Rae Armantrout

Endor (Disambiguation) / Hannah Faith Notess

Space-Wanderer's Homecoming / Peter Viereck

Dogstarmen / C. S. E. Cooney

Hammerstone / Peter Milne Greiner

Star Lodge / Tawa Hum Justin Bige

Pastoral For Colonial Candidacy / Io Kwa Mei-Enr

Origami Crane / Light-Defying Spaceship / Naru Dames Sundar

Neutron Star / Sarah Blake

Quilting The Black-Eyed Pea (We're Going To Mars) / Nikki Giovanni

Ode To The Alien / Diane Ackerman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780816539192

0816539197

OCLC:

1145087283