At last count Saturn had 293 moons
One is larger than Mercury, 128 solar system M & M's
But, if somehow we could mount his wings and fly there
We couldn't stand upon the surface and gaze at any
We would sink in the miasma of our own demise
Ingesting vapor rising up from far below
Choking off any aesthetics we might hold
For any goddess that we have imagined
Our ticket to this underworld held over
A head that's thinking we should capture Titan
Artemis, Diana, or Selene might pale before them
But wouldn't pale by what's reflected there
Artemis retaining her ire and her vengeance
Selene and Diana at the crossroads stand as well
Their color eclipsed the while they faded
And we, whose love it is to gaze up at their orbit
Would lose the inspiration of the ages
Aged without the grace of beauty's presence
That our small world o'er time has thus afforded
Size matters... but no more than our perspective
New plane called PLANET GHETTO
Scientist didn’t expect and know nothing about
Telescopes had no effect in sighting
Mars said, “Don’t look here”
The Milky Way responded, “Don’t even come our way”
The Moon stated, “Don’t even think about it”
What do these planets know about Planet Ghetto that we don’t
I certainly won’t perpetuate
A planet that became a create
Planet Ghetto appeared out of nowhere in space
Not much to say
Don’t bring any Earth waste
Being new to the Solar System
In fact, all the planets are protesting that they don’t share the solar system with anyone
NASA says beware with care, and they must study more for sure
Planets have made history with stories
There are still some mysteries
Planet Ghetto certainly is a surprise
No one had any idea nor realize
Unknown element in the principle
Planet Ghetto distance far
You won’t even find any car
Don’t expect to look like Earth
Planet Ghetto being a new birth
No comparison to Earth.
During yoga lessons, learnt the 'Surya Namaskara' pose
'Surya' as in Sun and 'Namaskara' as in salutation
So I just said hello to the sun?
But the sun did not say anything back!
Well that's rude
Someone tell him that not everything revolves around him!
Oh wait...
Mars is showing off, Jupiter complained to Zeus.
Don’t share all your woes, Zeus said into his juice.
Jupiter is making fun of the rest of us, Mars pouted back.
Zeus rolled his eyes and said “make fun of him without tact!
That never works! Whined Mars, who is angry most of the time.
Neptune and Saturn were tired of hearing this planet whine.
Can’t you make him stop? Near-sighted Neptune to Saturn said.
How would I do it? Drop him out of the ether onto his head?
They chuckled at this and told Earth their little joke.
Earth rolled her eyes; she was sick of having nine brother folk.
I doubt that Dad cared, she said. Venus ran over to hear.
Mars was now as angry as ever, and plotting danger and fear.
I am reading my eyes in a library mirror.
I had perused a yellow book:
‘Astronomy for Dummies'.
There is a question mark behind planet X,
and the sun seems to be returning to cosmic sperm.
Jupiter has shrunk to the size of a copper penny.
Of course it’s hard to judge size in a public library mirror
that needs cleaning.
Sun looks smaller from there,
Arid and extremely windy.
Thick atmosphere, floats on water,
Unfathomable in our milky way.
Rings made of chunks of rock and ice,
No true surface, nowhere to stand.
Date of submission: 16/05/2021
I am reading my eyes in a library mirror.
I had perused a yellow book:
‘Astronomy for Dummies.’
It could be an electric reflection of the light
but I think I see a solar system
looking back at me.
I recognize it from a picture in the yellow book.
It’s my own planetary cluster, although, like the book,
It does not rightly belong to me.
There is a question mark behind planet X, I guess.
and the sun seems to be returning to cosmic sperm.
Jupiter has shrunk to the size of a copper penny
of course it’s hard to judge size in a public library mirror
that needs cleaning.
I see all this in my right eye, in my left eye
a tiny human creature is curled like a fetus in a womb
It is (I assume), a proteogenic me; what else could it be?
Am I being born again, am I going back to God,
is there another book for dummies
I should have read instead?
This and other great universal questions
occupy my mind as I enter my parked car
to drive home.
I take an intergalactic short-cut,
a road that is less busy at this time of day.
sunrise for sale
a pinpoint of light
find your place in the stars
elliptical orbit
afar
new definitions
of the solar system
created
found
with a timeless search
astronomers and soothsayer
cry out
this distant body
given a letter
instead of a name
the ultimate seclusion
for an infinite price
I study eyes, eye's only mind sees.
Inside those orbs a little
protogenic me crawls away.
The tiny creature is going back to God,
he remains cohesive in a residual way.
A solar system is watching;
its dying sun is a question mark.
Jupiter and Planet X
are returning to cosmic whale sperm.
Earth has got too big;
that old brass and leather engine
that once made frames for mirrors
is now smoke.
Not at the beginning or the end,
I am doing 'mind' somewhere else.
I am limping along toward a Gas Giant
some have perhaps misnamed.
Venus is the only planet in the solar system
Which spins in a counter clockwise movement.
For me, her behaviour is clear like a crystal,
Out of all the planets -she is the only woman.
Blanketed in crimson, Mars glows with fire,
while Venus sparkles with deep medallion-
The twilit moon shining in fierce desire,
each planet aligns into a stallion.
Jupiter is the largest sphered planet,
it acts as a strong mirrored reflection-
Pluto’s surface is rough like harsh granite,
the sun and Neptune make a connection.
Our home galaxy is the Milky Way,
containing two hundred billion bright stars-
The comet soars like a keen castaway,
bringing stunning life to earth from afar.
The pure wonder of the solar system,
brings phenomenal wonder and wisdom.
May 11, 2017
I am looking for myself in the center
of my own solar system
The thoughts just drifts with the wind
The senses are united with the truth
Life forms my heart
Childhood memories in my soul
wonderful happiness
Blue as the sky
and as a coral sea
How the ocean reflects sunset colors game
The night may let me in
in a world where the stars play
I can not explain it
but it warms me
and makes me whole
13.09.2014
A-L Andresen :)
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- Thanks for my 6th place in the contest :)
Celestial spheres...
marvels of the cosmos but
marbles for the Gods.
Solar sails are set--
Stores secured, status shows green.
Surfing Saturn's rings.
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