Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, I TOUCHED A STAR, by ELINOR KETTLE


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I TOUCHED A STAR, by                    
First Line: Tonight the heavens nearly touched the earth
Last Line: For atlas, that would not have been so very hard.
Subject(s): Stars


Tonight the heavens nearly touched the earth.
I merely had to reach my hand a bit and feel a star.
I did.
I touched Mars -- but not for long --
It burned!
Because it glowed more red than all the others.
Next -- out of curiosity, I touched a star that dipped on the horizon
Just where the churchspire pierced the black,
Then my palm tingled with the icy smart of
A thousand diamond points shooting from that
Blue-white star.
I was surprised!
Did you ever hold in your hand the Seven Sisters?
I did.
It was just like picking up a handful of soap bubbles;
It squashed!
It seemed there were billions of tiny bubbles,
They were for the Dragon to snap at.
I know.
I was wise until I tried to lift the moon.
It's too bad I'd left Atlas back there a million years or so;
I would have liked the moon in our back yard.
For Atlas, that would not have been so very hard.





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