Fourth orbit: a poem for Valentina Tereshkova #1

Fourth orbit

19 hours 25 minutes

I sang songs for him

In the centre

such a blue spot.

Here now

the Sun

so orange, not red,

not light red, but

orange.

I’m also feeling excellent.

Here now

the Sun

visible and lit up

In the outer ring

the horizon is visible.

It’s a very beautiful sight

at first it’s light blue,

then lighter,

then dark…

Image courtesy of wrexham.com
http://www.wrexham.com/news/hurricane-ophelia-creates-red-sun-phenomenon-over-wrexham-138803.html

This is a poem made by selecting and rearranging words from a paragraph in the transcript of Valentina Tereshkova's words during her epic orbit of the Earth in 1963.  It seemed to me that the poetry was already in there and only needed coaxing to bring out. I feel there's something a little Gertrude Stein-esque about it too.

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