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Just a Speck

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NASA’s Voyager launched
For interplanetary travel
Sending home wild snapshots
Of our solar system and beyond
Giving us an awestruck concept
Of the wide expanse of galaxies
A vastness inconceivable

The irony so laughable
Over the ridiculousness
The infinitesimal triviality
The absurdity of man’s
Outrageously oversized ego
As like a king he parades 
Stomping on the speck
That’s our little blue planet   



AP:  Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on March 31, 2020 for contest STRAND CHOICE V sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  HONORABLE MENTION

Originally posted on March 8, 2019

Copyright © Line Gauthier | Year Posted 2019

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Sam Kauffman Date: 4/1/2020 12:07:00 PM Love the line, "stomping on the speck/That's our little blue planet." We really do tend to take ourselves too seriously. Your lovely poem brings things into focus. Congratulations on your winning placement. Login to Reply Line Gauthier Date: 4/1/2020 4:27:00 PM Thanks, Sam. Much appreciated.

Greg Gaul Date: 3/31/2020 2:28:00 PM Terrific awakened work Line. Will be mind blowing for some but you do them such a service to open their understanding and therefore their aspirations. I know this is going to the choir, this is a powerful use of poetry in today's world to open the thinking of the reader with well-purposed verse. Actually, an ancient tradition for poets. Login to Reply Line Gauthier Date: 3/31/2020 4:29:00 PM Thanks for your lovely comment, Greg.

Timothy Mcguire Date: 3/8/2019 9:38:00 PM absolutely correct and WELL WELL written! Login to Reply Line Gauthier Date: 3/8/2019 11:10:00 PM Thank you so much, Timothy. Most appreciated.

M. L. Kiser Date: 3/8/2019 10:09:00 AM Sadly, this is so very true; well penned. Login to Reply Line Gauthier Date: 3/8/2019 10:42:00 AM Thanks, ML. Much appreciated.

Caren Krutsinger Date: 3/8/2019 6:04:00 AM "a vastness inconceivable" for sure, and yet, you captured the essence in this amazing poem. "Our little blue planet." Absolutely true, Line! Login to Reply Line Gauthier Date: 3/8/2019 10:44:00 AM Thanks for your much appreciated visit and comment, Caren.

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 3/8/2019 2:37:00 AM "Stomping on the speck That’s our little blue planet" a classic line that is spot on Line. I loved this! : ) xxoo Login to Reply Line Gauthier Date: 3/8/2019 10:44:00 AM Thanks, Connie, for your most appreciated visit.