Not quite a poem, a variation on the song by Oscar
   Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers, sung by Julie
   Andrews in the "Sound of Music". The original lyrics
   are below.


       My Favorite things

   Words by Kevin Krisciunas, 1990


   Faint fuzzy quasars
   And matter that's hidden.
   Pulsars and blazars
   And research I've written.
   Brown dwarfs and white dwarfs
   And strange cosmic strings.
   These are a few of my favorite things.

   False-color pictures of nebular places.
   Faraway realms having poisonous traces.
   Emission-line spectra with flux in their wings.
   These are a few of my favorite things.

   Galaxies streaming with very large redshifts.
   Mountains with domes there, not buried in snow drifts.
   Four-wheel vehicles bouncing on springs.
   These are a few of my favorite things.

   When the frost bites,
   When the moon's bright,
   When the seeing's bad,
   I simply remember my favorite things
   And then I don't feel so sad.



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   Sung by Julie Andrews in "Sound of Music"

   Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens;
   Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens;
   Brown paper packages tied up with strings;
   These are a few of my favorite things.

   Cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudels;
   Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles;
   Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings;
   These are a few of my favorite things.

   Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes;
   Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes;
   Silver-white winters that melt into springs;
   These are a few of my favorite things.

   When the dog bites,
   When the bee stings,
   When I'm feeling sad,
   I simply remember my favorite things,
   And then I don't feel so bad.