Task for Day One: write a poem inspired by a book cover.
If Winnie the Pooh can do it, so can I. Defy the laws of physics and reach for the stars; at least no bees are involved, though the debris of 80 years of space exploration takes some clearing; A history not entirely without shame: Ghostly memories of the unsung, unwilling animauts who risked a one-way ticket to eternity. I take my hat off (if I had one) to you all and on reflection have decided to remain on terra firma. An elephant can dream…