Mural Dedication and Friday Fest

(Photo courtesy of City of Cape Canaveral)

On Friday, October 4, during our wonderful Friday Fest, the City dedicated its new mural, One Giant Leap for Mankind,  by artist Anón.  You can find his work on Facebook or at this link:   https://anon.myportfolio.com/?fbclid=IwAR2ESNmbrfCul2xcC5gS8vuGBbBjd2xExQ1SzMUaKH-DGcXSV5recZBfFDc

 I was honored to be part of that event and meet the artist, who, aside from being talented, is a super nice guy.  He brought his wife and new child to the dedication.  His mural served as inspiration for a new poem in the form of a song.  This song is comprised of four mono-rhymed quatrains (meaning each stanza is four lines long with a rhyme scheme of AAAA, BBBB, CCCC, DDDD, with perfect and loose rhymes).  The title is based on the location and topic of the mural.  The first line is from JFK’s famous speech that set us on our lunar path. The trajectory refernces the conical path portrayed on the mural from Cape Canaveral to the Moon, while the “highlight” line is inspired from the yellow portion over Florida. The words, "One Giant Leap" makes a nod to the artist's title of the mural.  The “geometric shapes” is in reference to the style of the mural where it uses shapes to form the substance. S-bands and Ka-bands are the frequencies we use to communicate with astronauts (and some unmanned spacecraft).

 Racquetballs and Moonbeams

We don’t do it because it’s easy but because it’s hard
Unswaddle the mystery in the blanket of stars
Stare into the void, trajectory by charts
Uncharted territory for humanity at large

 The capsule sent, we pitched a tent on this virginal land
Made from fragments from the firmament and fractured strands
Of hopes an dreams and benefits numerous as grains of sand
Relayed and played riding on S- and Ka- bands

 Journey begins from a paradisic pad
Flames and fears and fame combined highlight the path
Through the unknown, sunlight sparkles into black
One giant leap propels us forward building on our honored past

 Immortalized in color on the Rec Center’s wall
All who wander by stand staring and stall
Geometric shapes triangulate the immortal call
Remember predecessors, on their shoulders we stand tall

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