Here, in this thread, I will be posting weekly sci-fi short story fragments in blank verse, as I work towards the goal of being able to write competently in blank verse, eventually to write entire novels in the form... here is what it looks like. No one else is doing it, and I would love to see something like this truly exist. So, I'm going to be the one to have to do it, lol.
Crash Landing
He crawled out from the wreckage of the ship,
nearly in shock from what had happened, but
with little more than minor scrapes and bruises.
Looking back, he imagined he was lucky,
and thanked the gods that he was still alive,
but the spacecraft itself was severely damaged
and most likely would never fly again.
At some point in the middle of descent,
when he was entering the atmosphere
and passing through a stormy patch of cloud,
the ship was struck by lightning; in an instant
the on-board electronics shorted out
and the instrumentation went haywire;
the engines stalled and the ship began to plummet,
which sent it spiraling out of control,
and, scorching a bright trail across the sky,
it fell from on high like a burning meteor;
to crash down on the planet's rocky terrain,
where it finally skidded to a halt.
And, though lucky to have survived the crash,
he now had to brave the environment
until the rescue team could locate him.
Crash Landing
He crawled out from the wreckage of the ship,
nearly in shock from what had happened, but
with little more than minor scrapes and bruises.
Looking back, he imagined he was lucky,
and thanked the gods that he was still alive,
but the spacecraft itself was severely damaged
and most likely would never fly again.
At some point in the middle of descent,
when he was entering the atmosphere
and passing through a stormy patch of cloud,
the ship was struck by lightning; in an instant
the on-board electronics shorted out
and the instrumentation went haywire;
the engines stalled and the ship began to plummet,
which sent it spiraling out of control,
and, scorching a bright trail across the sky,
it fell from on high like a burning meteor;
to crash down on the planet's rocky terrain,
where it finally skidded to a halt.
And, though lucky to have survived the crash,
he now had to brave the environment
until the rescue team could locate him.