This is the second of a series of short verses written to help young people identify the constellations. The titles of the poems are names which might be more familiar to children/ young people in the West today. So the second is called the The Ladle which is more immediately obvious than looking for a 'little bear' As the series develops it will lead from one to another verse and build on the information in earlier verses as this does on The Super-Starry saucepan (The Plough). So if a young person can learn the verse during a day, hopefully s/he will be able to identify the stars at night (providing they are visible at that time of the year. Notes with the verses will indicate when/where the stars are visible.)
The Ladle starts from Pole Star
though isn’t very clear,
its handle curves out from the pole,
the scoop is nearly square.
More often known as Little Bear
or Ursa Minor by
those preferring Latin names
around the night-time sky.
Because The Ladle is a small constellation starting from the Pole Star
(Polaris or The North Star) it is visible all year round
Starryverse 1 The super-starry-saucepan (The Plough) can be accessed here
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