Celestial Dance

Celestial Dance The sun and the moon bowed to each other as they pass on their orbital routes. The stars did a heavenly dance of honour the planets glistened bathed in deep purple Mercury orbiting closest to the sun fastest of all of the planets are you Venus (twinned with Earth) the planet of love lighten our hearts with your femininity Earth our own planet only known source of life Mars the red planet and bringer of war Jupiter you are the jewel in the crown we gaze at you breathless with wonder and awe Uranus once known as Georgium Sidus you are the enchanting ringed planet of beauty Saturn, he languidly goes his own way quietly, quietly just doing his duty Neptune almost last but not least of the planets you tip your trident, saluting the Sun as all of our planets delight in celestial dancing we watch hearts struck as they do their run Posted: Apr 14, 2013 About this poem: Pluto has recently been 'downgraded' to be a dwarf planet - and is thus not now usually included when listing the planets