The Ultimate Boy Toy

I realized later that I had forgotten Michael Collins in my Apollo Haiku series, so I rectified that oversight and composed one for him, the Saturn V launch vehicle and the Lunar Rover. As with the other Apollo pictures, I shot the Rover at the Kennedy Space Center in 2002. I still get a kick out of seeing videos of the astronauts doing rooster-tails in the Lunar dust. Boys and their toys....

Collins

Alone and Watchful,
I Go From Shadow to Light
In Lunar Orbit.



Saturn V

Majestic and Proud,
I Lift on Pillars of Flame
The Dreams of Mankind.


Rover

Driving on the Moon,
Doing Wheelies in the Dust,
An Astronaut's Dream.