[Critique Group 1] Mary-Jo's poem for next week

[Mary-Jo Lord]

Here is my poem for next week. I will also attach it in a word document.

 

Laika

 

CMary-Jo Lord

 

on November 3, 1957,
Laika, a Good natured, eleven pound stray
of mixed breed, was harnessed into a capsule,
provided food and water, and
launched into space aboard Sputnik 2.

 

Could a living animal be
launched into orbit?

Laika  and Sputnik 2 would
reveal the answer and
expose endless possibilities for
space travel in the future.

 

Reports were conflicting as to
how long she survived, what she experienced.
Her six hour survival in space,
the overheated cabin, her elevated vital signs
were finally revealed in 2002.

 

Armed with the knowledge that her capsule would
not return to Earth in one piece,

a scientist took her home to play with his children.

 

On that cold, November  afternoon,
Laika, perky eared, with tail wagging
willingly followed the scientists to her capsule.

 

Trusting, eager to please.
Laika was unknowingly launched
into the unknown.
Where no man had gone or at that time, would
be willing to go.

 

 

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