Green Hills of Home
Lightsmith send me this poem by a great author,thought it fit and it does….
Let the sweet fresh breezes heal me
As they rove around the girth
Of our lovely mother planet
Of the cool, green hills of Earth.
We rot in the moulds of Venus,
We retch at her tainted breath.
Foul are her flooded jungles,
Crawling with unclean death.
.........
We’ve tried each spinning space mote
And reckoned its true worth:
Take us back again to the homes of men
On the cool, green hills of Earth.
The arching sky is calling
Spacemen back to their trade.
ALL HANDS! STAND BY! FREE FALLING!
And the lights below us fade.
Out ride the sons of Terra,
Far drives the thundering jet,
Up leaps a race of Earthmen,
Out, far, and onward yet -
We pray for one last landing
On the globe that gave us birth;
Let us rest our eyes on the friendly skies
And the cool, green hills of Earth.
—Robert A. Heinlein
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digitalmidge
Absolutely fabulous AV, this one gets favourited to my list… ;-)
silveraya
oh fantastic!
Heloisa Castro
perfect
Annika Strömgren
Great work!
AlienVisitor
Thanks for looking and the comments.
AV
don quackenbush
another fantastic image/compostion
lightsmith
this is gorgeous. Instantly I am reminded of the Heinlein poem :
Let the sweet fresh breezes heal me
As they rove around the girth
Of our lovely mother planet
Of the cool, green hills of Earth.
We rot in the moulds of Venus,
We retch at her tainted breath.
Foul are her flooded jungles,
Crawling with unclean death.
.........
We’ve tried each spinning space mote
And reckoned its true worth:
Take us back again to the homes of men
On the cool, green hills of Earth.
The arching sky is calling
Spacemen back to their trade.
ALL HANDS! STAND BY! FREE FALLING!
And the lights below us fade.
Out ride the sons of Terra,
Far drives the thundering jet,
Up leaps a race of Earthmen,
Out, far, and onward yet
-We pray for one last landing
On the globe that gave us birth;
Let us rest our eyes on the friendly skies
And the cool, green hills of Earth.
—Robert A. Heinlein
AlienVisitor replied
Yes the great man was part of the creating of the image.
I will add it to the image as a tribute to him and you.
AV
lightsmith
To even exist in the same web page as He (and you!) is a great honour to me.
T.D. Ruley
wow…fantastic
tboneinc1
Very nice work! Kudos to you!
All the very best, Wayne
RichiesArt
Excellent work and a honest tribute to a phenomenal writer!.