The Night Sky
Super moon and supernovas,
Shooting stars with flaming tails.
Satellites and glowing planets;
Where asteroids and comets sail.
Ursa Major, Ursa Minor -
Constellations fill the sky -
Cassiopeia, Pleiades,
Orion’s Belt and Gemini.
High across the night-time sky
A billion stars we cannot see.
Our solar system lies inside
The Milky Way, a galaxy,
In the north sky high above,
A very faint and constant star.
For the traveller, Polaris is
A most important star, by far.
When I look up to these heavens
Full of bright and twinkling light.
A universe so vast, it makes me
Feel quite small tonight.
Shooting stars with flaming tails.
Satellites and glowing planets;
Where asteroids and comets sail.
Ursa Major, Ursa Minor -
Constellations fill the sky -
Cassiopeia, Pleiades,
Orion’s Belt and Gemini.
High across the night-time sky
A billion stars we cannot see.
Our solar system lies inside
The Milky Way, a galaxy,
In the north sky high above,
A very faint and constant star.
For the traveller, Polaris is
A most important star, by far.
When I look up to these heavens
Full of bright and twinkling light.
A universe so vast, it makes me
Feel quite small tonight.
This poem is copyright (©) Val Harris 2025
About the Writer
Val Harris
Val lives near Farnham in England. Her debut children’s poem was published online at The Dirigible Balloon, along with several others since then. Her poems have been published in The Caterpillar Magazine, Paperbound Magazine, The Toy Press and Little Thoughts Press. Her first poetry collection, A Classroom of Stars, was published at the end of 2022. She is @valpoet on Instagram and @dragontripper Val Poet on Twitter. Website: www.valharrispoet.co.uk
