Friday, September 7, 2012

Hey Gagarin Comments

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Hey Gagarin, devourer of Space,
I come, a wayfarer, get off my tracks!
Yield today
to my moral concerns,
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Ayyappa Paniker
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Kumarmani Mahakul 22 August 2022

A homage to Gagarin is well executed.Beautiful poem. Thanks and congratulation for being selected this poem as modern poem of the poem of the day. day

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Mahtab Bangalee 23 March 2020

Grow new wings to catch up with Science across the recesses of outer space./// superb expression

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Kevin Patrick 23 March 2020

Beautiful poem, the space age brought so much promise. Well chosen poem of the day.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 23 March 2019

" Cut off barriers of time and space every trace of death dealing darkness" . A bold and forceful call given to fraternity of poets. Well deserved modern poem of the Day.

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Khairul Ahsan 23 March 2019

'cut off the barriers of time and space, keep the spirit ablaze that will burn up every trace of death-dealing darkness! ' - these last three lines add a special meaning to the poem and summarizes it well. Congratulations on the poem's selection as the 'Modern Poem of the Day'!

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Julia Luber 23 March 2019

I am not sure who Gagarin is but this poet seems to think modern astronomical development of satellites and telescopes is only an advancement for poets and that the poets have to catch up to such robust development of space as the scientists.

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Khairul Ahsan 23 March 2019

Yuri Gagarin was a Russian (former Soviet Union's) pilot and cosmonaut. He became the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed one orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.

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Edward Kofi Louis 23 March 2019

Break your idols! ! ! And face the truth. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 23 March 2019

keep the spirit ablaze that will burn up every trace of death-dealing darkness! ...impressive expression. Beautiful poem.

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Rajnish Manga 23 March 2019

Measurer of the expanse of space, the first person to travel in outer space inspires everyone- from scientists to writers and poets. Thanks a lot. and you have emerged as the leader of the yakshas, kinnaras, devas and demons,

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Bernard F. Asuncion 23 March 2019

One of the best poem of Ayyappa Paniker..........

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