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March- 20- 2026
Planetary Poetry Contest
Sponsor- William Kelii Kekaula
~ Placed Seventh in the Premiere Contest~
An Imaginary Journey into Mars
Outside, the night was gathering strength
How swift our lightning Sputnik,
Out running the speed of sound and light
Shot into space with a violent jerk
At a distance were luminous spheres
Suspended like glowing lanterns
Comets and meteors in hyper space
Seemed more like diffused patterns
An asteroid came whizzing towards us.
I closed my eyes in dreadful shock,
Fearing a terrible head on collision.
Thank God! It deviated from our track!
I looked at my friend seated beside
Obviously not here, lost in thought!
Looking down, I saw Mother Earth
A luminous ball, not bigger than a sapphire dot
Oh! How quickly we landed on Mars
It is so different from what I had learnt
Neither a barren belt of sterile terrain
Nor a rugged stretch of craters burnt
But a heavenly place so cool and serene
Full of scintillating scenes and ravishing sights
We, the emissaries from a faraway land,
Were warmly greeted by a team of alien sprites
The weight of the world suddenly lifted from us.
We bounced up and down almost floating in the air
Found ourselves in a gorgeous garden,
With springing fountains and blossoms fair.
Trees were laden with dazzling gems
Lagoons and lakes of liquid silver
Vast expanse of tawny vistas
Plains waving with luxuriant verdure
What fun…! Hmm…over there,
Nothing like what’s seen on planet Earth
A herd of animals so strange and rare
Grazing on red grass in a canyon of great width
Our eyes were agog to scan all around.
Accelerating our pace in rising delight,
Eager to explore every bit of ground,
We moved forward with enthusiastic gait.
* * * * * * * * *
As no one has so far set foot on this land,
We can call imagination to our aid,
To describe it as heavenly or hellish,
A luminous sphere or a terrain of dark shade.
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