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•  Spaceways: An Anthology of Space Poetry • interior artwork by Allan Curless
• 6 • Watch this space! • poem by Judith Nicholls
• 7 • Empty Space • poem by Jenny Thomas
• 8 • I am...Star Counting • poem by John Rice
• 9 • Davy by Starlight • poem by Raymond Wilson
• 10 • Technicians • poem by Jean Kenward
• 11 • Stars • poem by Alan Bold
• 12 • Sky Seasons • poem by John Rice
• 13 • Andromeda • poem by Judith Nicholls
• 14 • Make Believe • poem by Gareth Owen
• 16 • Shed in Space • poem by Gareth Owen
• 18 • Sun Stuff • poem by John Rice
• 19 • Sun • poem by Jean Kenward
• 20 • Moon • poem by Jean Kenward
• 20 • Moon • poem by Alan Bold
• 21 • Moon [2] • poem by Jean Kenward
• 22 • To the New Moon • poem by Quasimodo
• 23 • Astronauts • (1970) • poem by John Travers Moore
• 24 • Brokendown Countdown • poem by John Rice
• 24 • Count Down • poem by Julie Holder
• 25 • The Launch • poem by Stanley Cook
• 26 • Space Shot • poem by Gareth Owen
• 27 • The Eagle has Landed • poem by Adrian Rumble
• 28 • Apollo • poem by Stanley Cook
• 29 • Man on Moon • poem by Stanley Cook
• 30 • Moonscape • poem by Judith Nicholls
• 30 • Dog-watch • poem by Neil Harries
• 31 • Earthset Earthrise • poem by Judith Nicholls
• 32 • Space Trip • poem by James Kirkup
• 33 • Aldrin Collins and Armstrong • poem by Michael Rosen
• 33 • The Space Race • poem by Derek Stuart
• 34 • Man and Height • poem by John Rice
• 35 • Song in Space • poem by Adrian Mitchell
• 36 • Space Settlement • poem by Albert Rowe
• 38 • The Ballad of Morgan the Moon • poem by Max Boyce
• 40 • Moon-wind • (1963) • poem by Ted Hughes
• 41 • Moon-transport • (1976) • poem by Ted Hughes
• 42 • "Jump over the moon?" the cow declared • (1980) • poem by Max Fatchen
• 43 • Here is the News from space • poem by Michael Rosen
• 44 • Humpty Dumpty went to the moon • poem by Michael Rosen
• 44 • The Owl and the Astronaut • poem by Gareth Owen
• 45 • Space Spot • (1980) • poem by Max Fatchen
• 46 • Rockets and Quasars • poem by John Rice
• 46 • The Children • poem by Iain Crichton Smith
• 47 • Space-Shuttle • poem by Judith Nicholls
• 49 • Sci-Fi Horrorscopes • poem by Geoffrey Summerfield
• 52 • The First Men on Mercury • (1973) • poem by Edwin Morgan
• 54 • Last Men on Mars • poem by Alan Bold
• 56 • Our Solar System • poem by Eric Finney
• 60 • Planets • poem by Jean Kenward
• 61 • The planets turn in stately dance • poem by John Kitching
• 62 • The Tenth Planet • poem by Alan Bold
• 64 • What's Out There? • poem by Jean Kenward
• 65 • Within the space • poem by John Kitching
• 66 • My Thing from Outer Space • poem by James Kirkup
• 68 • A Close Encounter • poem by Adrian Rumble
• 70 • Questions and Answers • poem by James Kirkup
• 74 • Four children, One being • poem by Julie Holder
• 76 • Supposing • poem by Eric Finney
• 76 • Space Joke? • poem by Julie Holder
• 77 • The Marrog • (1968) • poem by R. C. Scriven
• 78 • Never since Eden • poem by Raymond Wilson
• 80 • Message Understood • poem by Gareth Owen
• 82 • The Undistinguished Visitor • (1986) • poem by Leo Aylen
• 82 • Strangers • poem by Iain Crichton Smith
• 84 • Phew • poem by Roger McGough
• 85 • The Fungus Fingers • poem by Wes Magee
• 86 • Alien goes Shopping • poem by Pamela Gillilan
• 87 • Alien at the Zoo • poem by Pamela Gillilan
• 88 • Epitaphs for Some Space Beasts • poem by Wes Magee
• 89 • E. T. • poem by Jean Kenward
• 90 • I know where I'm going • poem by John Kitching
• 90 • Unique? • poem by Adrian Rumble
• 91 • On Some Other Planet • poem by John Rice
• 92 • Off to Outer Space Tomorrow Morning • (1984) • poem by Norman Nicholson
• 93 • The craft I left in was called Esau • poem by Sheenagh Pugh
• 94 • Space Men • poem by Charles Connell
• 95 • The Space Explorer's Story • poem by David Harmer
• 96 • Spacepoem 3: Off Course • (1967) • poem by Edwin Morgan
• 97 • If he cried, he cried in private • poem by John Kitching
• 98 • Save Our Spaceship • poem by Derek Stuart
• 99 • Black Hole • poem by Adrian Rumble
• 100 • The Doomed Spaceman • poem by Ted Walker
• 102 • The Ark • poem by Stanley Cook
• 103 • Towards the Stars • poem by Iain Crichton Smith
• 104 • The swirling world stands still • poem by John Kitching
• 104 • Space thought • poem by Derek Stuart
• 105 • No need to scan the stars • poem by John Kitching
• 106 • The Astronaut • (1969) • poem by James Kirkup
• 106 • Retired • poem by Iain Crichton Smith
• 107 • Space Captain • poem by John Kitching
• 108 • Space Walk • poem by Raymond Wilson
• 110 • The Spacefarer • poem by Julie Holder
• 112 • The Earth-ling • poem by Brian Patten
• 114 • Alpha -B375- Earth Visitors' Guide • poem by John Cunliffe
• 116 • The Destroyers • poem by Albert Rowe
• 118 • The Choice • (1969) • poem by Robert Morgan (poet)
• 119 • 'Do you think we'll ever get to see Earth, sir!' • poem by Sheenagh Pugh
• 120 • The Beautiful Strangers • poem by James Kirkup
• 122 • Optics • (1984) • poem by Alan Stillitoe
• 123 • In the late evening • poem by Iain Crichton Smith
• 124 • Ballad of the Sad Astronaut • poem by Judith Nicholls