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Pluto - a Pleiades

“Planet” of the distant
past, now considered too
petite for the title.
Pray, don’t you despair now.
Pirouette though pitch void,
pretty as always, for
perhaps our minds will change.

4/11/2021. Written for Kim Merryman's "Pleiades P" contest. 1st prize.

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John Gondolf

Date: 4/14/2021 2:09:00 PM

Nicely done, Kathleen, congrats on your win in this contest. And a belated welcome to Poetry Soup! John

Sara Kendrick

Date: 4/13/2021 4:46:00 AM

They have put Pluto back to its original name. Enjoyed reading your winning work. Way to go. Congrats. Sara

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 4/13/2021 2:39:00 AM

- Congratulations on your win ... Pluto was a great theme, Kathleen :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

JCB Brul

Date: 4/12/2021 4:13:00 PM

This is such a unique creation! Congratulations on your well-deserved top win!

Janice Canerdy

Date: 4/12/2021 2:09:00 PM

A big CONGRATS on your well-deserved win, Kathlees. Interesting topic! Janice

Kim Merryman

Date: 4/12/2021 1:58:00 PM

Kathleen, a very cute look at a rejected planet! Congrats on your 1st place win in my contest! Blessings, Kim M

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 4/12/2021 1:09:00 PM

this is really nice. So enchanting the way you discussed Pluto. Congrats on a high win

Paul Callus

Date: 4/12/2021 12:18:00 PM

You have hit on a very debatable theme in this poem, Kathleen! Downgrading Pluto to a 'dwarf planet' certainly did not go down well with everyone. Discussions are still ongoing, and I hope in the near future Pluto will be reinstated amongst the elite! ~ Regards // paul

Paul Callus
Date: 4/12/2021 1:58:00 PM

Back again...Congratulations on placing first!! // paul

Robert Pettit

Date: 4/11/2021 5:34:00 PM

I worked at a convenience store years ago. One of my co-workers who had a small telescope claimed to have seen Pluto. I told him: "No way. What you saw was not Pluto. You would have to go to a big observatory like Mt. Palomar and use their telescope to see it. What you saw was most likely an asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. They're finding new ones all the time. If you find something new, you get to name it." Nice write.