Best Martian Poems
I would have loved Santa to have visited us here
In his coat of red and his eight brown reindeer
Sadly there is no atmosphere left on earth
So we moved to Mars, it’s the place of my birth
Hushed secret stories are told about Santa Claus
But he’s outlawed here it’s against our laws
We have a very regimented regime
Images of Santa must never be seen
We use the Internet to buy what we need
Things are delivered next day at lightning speed
I’ve been told about Santa and the days of old
Just to mention his name on Mars is very bold
Ancient history tells us of the amazing glory
Of Jesus’ birth and of the Christmas story
But during earth years it became very commercial
With over indulgence which was controversial
Sadly Martian children will never understand
The delights of Christmas which forever is banned
Finished too late to submit in the Futuristic Christmas Contest
01~01~16
Categories:
martian, christmas, fantasy, future,
Form:
Rhyme
We have a new opponent entering the game
Bugs has some competition and Marvin is his name
He’s a bit out of this world but that’s nothing new
He gets very, very angry, but that’s just between me and you
We invaded his home planet looking for clues
He has a ray gun on his hip and some radical views
He’s hellbent on destruction so he’ll fit right in
He is shorter than most with pale green skin
He doesn’t like poor bugs or the look on his face
With that being said, it should be one hell of a race
His health care plan is second to none
He is rude and obnoxious and not very fun
Marvin the Martian is now on the hill
He’s coming for old Bugs and he is really a pill
Underhanded and dirty, he has a bag full of tricks
He’s greedy and sneaky, just right for politics
Categories:
martian, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
When first we landed and quickly saw
What looked like Larry's mother-in-law
It just had to be
Anyone could see
It had good old mom's receding jaw
With Apologies to Larry Belt and his
mother-in-law
Categories:
martian, funny
Form:
Limerick
MAVEN tastes the air
too thin to hold oceans' broth
wafted on Sol's winds.
Note: this is my entry for NASA's "Going To Mars" campaign. I believe it deserves to win, because in 17 syllables it not only summarizes MAVEN's (Mars Atmospheric Volatile EvolutioN) mission, but also alludes to the meaning of its name as an expert or connoisseur (as though it were a master chef, lifting the lid on the desert planet to sample its boiled away oceans). If you agree with me, please visit the link below (just copy and paste it into your browser) to vote your support, before July 29. You may make this offering one of three haiku to be carried to Mars -- THE FIRST POETRY TO ANOTHER WORLD.
http://lasp.colorado.edu/maven/goingtomars/entry/?13480
Thanks to you all.
Categories:
martian, science, space, tribute, planet,
Form:
Haiku
A fledgling reporter discovered the story of a lifetime
Tim O’Hara came upon an alien aircraft that had crashed
He took pity on the sole survivor who’d committed no crime
Helping him out of the strange orb that in a barren desert smashed
Tim brought the alien home but his identity concealed
Suddenly living with a bachelor, Uncle Martin was his nickname
For four years we laughed as Martin’s odd behavior was revealed
Tim came to love his new “uncle,” realizing this was no con game
Martin, you see, had been blessed with more than telekinesis
His antennae kept emitting radio station songs and news
To hide them, Martin donned a hat that caused antennae creases
And the scope of human behavior Uncle Martin did bemuse
Bill Bixby and Ray Walton quickly stole my heart away
And as a child I could barely wait for the next episode
Perhaps my favorite show explains the feelings I have today
Belief in life on other planets to this TV show I owed
For Michael's "Rhyme Me an Old TV Show" contest
TV Show: "My Favorite Martian"
By Carolyn Devonshire, January 11, 2012
* "My Favorite Martian" was an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from 1963 to 1966. The show starred Ray Walston as Uncle Martin (the Martian) and Bill Bixby as Tim O'Hara (a reporter).
Categories:
martian, nostalgia, space,
Form:
Rhyme
Martian Olympiad
Imagine if our Olympic stars,
took spacecraft to host Planet Mars.
Defying gravity’s no longer in.
Athletes float in an atmosphere thin.
Space vehicles race the rocky craters.
Our hosts have skin like alligators.
We skate the polar ice crags.
Compete for gold in laser tag.
Most the events will take place indoors
galactica games and star wars.
Gymnasts will fly off the walls
suspended in space, never to fall.
Team sports are played on simulators,
medals to lick planetary invaders.
They’ll sleep by the Phobus and Deimos moons.
These things may happen, very soon.
8/8/16
Categories:
martian, future, games, space,
Form:
Rhyme
There was a Martian, whose name was Fred.
Who had a Venusian girlfriend, who said?
Fred is a ghastly lover.
He will only hover.
He has no feet or hair on his head.
Categories:
martian, fantasy, funny, imagination, satire,
Form:
Limerick
This Martian was as mean as it gets
He ran out of Martian cigarettes.
He landed his spaceship on earth,
At a highway rest stop near Perth,
and found plenty by trailing the pets.
© Mar 13 2010
Placed 3rd in "Out of This World Limerick contest"
Categories:
martian, funny
Form:
Limerick
The Martian on Grape Lane
I touched the sea, the sea touched me,
not far from where the mermaids play.
Swaddled in a world where I could not stay,
I was caught in time, floating away.
I took her to York on a scheme
for love and black cherry ice cream.
Kittens, cider, the spider inside her,
her shadow strong against the wall.
The sun climaxed, the moon then waxed.
The curtains stirred, and she shivered.
Cool though the air, I had no warmth to share.
The hero's faded; Lord! I'm jaded.
Then I glimpsed
the Martian
trapped on Grape Lane.
I saw him on the street below,
my Martian lost, so far from home.
Out the door I ran and opened the gate.
The Martian turned; he stopped to wait.
The Martian's enthralled;
the mermaids have called.
Stardust and bones, the two are twined,
It's Heaven's flotsam sparked sublime,
even wasted tumbling adrift through time.
No, not this way! Yes, I will stay.
Now my feet are wet, but I don't regret,
I touched the sea, the sea touched me.
Categories:
martian, 12th grade, angel, character,
Form:
Quatrain
copyright© shonima burman
Suddenly the tallest mountain set on fire,
And I suddenly leaped three times higher,
Oh God, I wondered ''Is this your wrath''?
But wait, wait, I guessed that was not Earth!
There was a beautiful sunrise,
But the sun was half of it's size.
Barren yet beautiful, red yet dull,
Perhaps existence of life was also null.
I could not believe my own eyes,
Oh,God, that was Mars to my surprise!
But how did I come here?
My mind stopped working in utter fear.
Suddenly a martian man stood by my side,
And observed me in utter surprise.
Then he started nodding his head,
His whole body seemed to be painted in red.
Tears started rolling down my cheeks,
Being sure that I was in high risk.
Minutes within his fellows joined him,
They talked in their own language, it seemed.
Together they leaped three times,
And sung a song similar to our rhymes.
At this point they seemed harmless,
And they tried to make me their friend I guess.
I also nodded my head and leaped three times,
And tried to sing a song in the form of rhyme.
It worked magically and I became their friend,
Through gestures, nodding we interacted till the end.
We came to know each other,
And we had fun altogether.
Now it was time for me to return to Earth,
Where everybody was eagerly waiting for my birth.
Categories:
martian, adventure, feelings, how i
Form:
Rhyme
*****
A Martian from planet Mars,
He thought the earth was a star.
Then sets down on the moon.
explored until noon.
These earthlings are bazaar.
The Martian's name is Sir Peter.
Earthling, take me to your leader.
Earth? He points up, "See that light."
This green man is not too bright.
Helms a ship with an ohmmeter.
The top leaders of the moon.
Gathered in a soundproof room.
Silly man an ohmmeter!
We will install a GPS meter.
"Mars" launch time is at mid-noon.
Peter launched from "Moons" air base.
left the moon for outer space.
Captain's log entry reads:
Electric tops warp speed.
He's now head of "Aerospace."
Written 2/26/2021
*Ohmmeter- an instrument measuring electric.
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Categories:
martian, humorous, planet, science fiction,
Form:
Limerick
I’m so much in love with a lass from above
It leaves such a knot in my gut
For it’s hard to kiss one’s favourite miss
When her tongue dangles out of her butt
Her eyes grow on stalks, which sway when she walks
And I really like licking her skin
I get naughty thoughts when I’m sucking her warts
For her sweat is effectively gin
Her big bulbous nose and her seventeen toes
All sprout from her one massive foot
And her head is quite bare save for one curly hair
While her teeth are the colour of soot
I know that her face is all over the place
With a most private place for an ear
But I can’t resist those moments of bliss
When she whispers my name from her rear
It might seem absurd but haven’t you heard
That there are no men up on Mars
So they come to Earth when they want to give birth
And chat up the men in our bars
But she can’t conceive with our human creed
So Martian girls self propagate
They just use us lot to get themselves hot
For there is no compatible mate
But now I’ve been shown her erogenous zone
You won’t find me getting all glum
There’s one naughty place on the side of her face
You should see what she has for a thumb.
Categories:
martian, nonsense,
Form:
Rhyme
The Martian Mork
Loved the American Mindy
He -- animated, yet robotic-formal
She -- cute, though annoyingly normal
Categories:
martian, love, relationship, space,
Form:
Clerihew
Well MARTIAN GENESIS says that
Mars was once a living breathing planet
And more advanced than the Earth is
Today thousands and thousands years
Ago but something catastrophic happened
And they had to flee quite quickly...
So they escaped in their mother ship and
Flew on down to a primitive Earth just to
Find that the dinosaurs we're at the top of
The totem-poll, they knew the first thing they
Had to do was to exterminate theses giant
Bug-eyed freaks of nature, well it took a little
While but every night was a feast with plenty
Of meat to eat...
Then after exploring the early Earth they
Decided to begin again on a large piece of
Land in the mid-Atlantic they called Atlantis...
Well and this new and ancient kingdom
Grew so big in silver and gold they resumed
Their experiments again on human and animal
Hybrids, then turned their eye's toward the
Atmosphere in an attempt to control the
Weather little did they know big blue would
Turn on them and Atlantis would soon be in
In great, great danger...
Tidal waves and massive earth-quakes finally
Caused Atlantis to sink, well some headed
Toward Egypt and some toward Mexico and
They say that's why we have those ancient
Pyramids there today and we are the descendants
Of the red planet...
Well can you wrap your head around as much?
Such of MARTIAN GENESIS...
MARTIAN GENESIS!
Categories:
martian, earth, fantasy, space,
Form:
Free verse
Gentlemen, Operation Sleep-Freeze is an important mission.
All of you are aware of the unfavorable phenomenon.
Success is critical for survival of our civilization.
You are to capture and retain five suitable women.
Please remember to make a very discriminate selection.
We have chosen a landing spot the earthlings call Houston.
There are only twenty-four hours to complete the mission and go.
You must dwell among the earth beings and operate incognito.
What we don’t want to cause among the inhabitants is fear.
Search for five sexually-competent women and bring them here.
Based on the 1967 film “Mars Needs Women”
Categories:
martian, adventure, life, science fiction,
Form:
Rhyme