Alan Bean (1932-2018)

Posted on by etiptree Posted in Poetry, SpaceTagged

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He was the fourth to set foot on the moon.

Now only four of the twelve remain

and too soon all will be gone.   As much

as the TV images from the moonwalks,

his artwork preserves a sense

of the age of Apollo, a light

for the explorers of tomorrow.

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