Sirius sneers
& terrestrial fools
fiddle
hateful heat domes
crush & deflate
as the earth smolders
& the oceans sizzle
in the
season
of
hell
apocalyptic eruptions
decorate the dark
angry turbulent skies
unleashing
vertically cruel
scathing tsunamis
in chaotic yet
clockwork rituals
as our incipient
Anthropocene
commences
efficient
anti-terraforming
we enter
the gates of
hell & become
reptilian
under
the barking
Dog Star
An example of SciFaiku*
terraforming mars
will the god of war
be pleased
*SciFaiku, is a form of poetry inspired by the Japanese haiku, also sometimes known as scifi-ku or scifiku. SciFaiku poems are short, minimal poems about science and science-fiction topics. They are presented with direct, tangible images in clear and simple language.
Done with "Liven in the Lockdown"
We've sold up all our worldly stuff.
We're off tomorrow,
on our other worldly adventure,
our one-way migration to
"Habitat One", Utopia Crater, Mars.
Picked up a nice little condo pad
built 3D from local mud and water.
The 99 Mars year lease should see us out,
as Martian year is twice that on Earth.
This means we are guaranteed to live
twice as long on Mars as well.
Unreal Bonus there!
The Mars Terraforming is going
exceedingly well, should be done and dusted real soon.
It will soon be Just like Earth used to be without the virus.
So, 'tis Real Good News, buddy!
The Mars Realty agent guaranteed
that in five Martian years,
all Us Newbie Martians will
be able to venture out, free as a bird,
and walk among the Martian trees
sucking in the fresh clean air,
without space suits or helmets.
Can't wait. Clean and virus-free air at last!
Best of all we picked up
Elton Musk's used 'Starship 1'
on Ebay for a song.
"Only One Owner!"
"Only Done one Trip into Space!"
"Billionaire accessories and decor"
What a steal!
It only needs to get us there, One Way.
So, one more sleep to go!
See Yah, All!
Come take a journey to my future,
it’s quite a long way off
The sun has grown into a red giant
earths surface is utterly scorched
Oceans have evaporated into space,
our planet has turned to dust
The moon is no longer in orbit,
I wander aimless on a white hot crust
Abandoned billions of years ago,
humanity fled to colonies on mars
When the terraforming went wrong,
they continued out towards the stars
I’ve been resurrected into this nightmare
made to witness my burning shame,
I’m able to breathe molten toxins,
but the price is eternal pain
Oh God I wish I’d believed you,
for I’ve inherited this awful hell
Left thirsting in vain forever,
on an infernos simmering shell
To think I seen this day coming
yet buried my head in the sand
Fiery embers run through each vein
the magma pours from my hands
Desperate to see one last image,
I tear an eyeball from my head
Pointing it back towards a face,
horror reflects the life I’ve led
And as the sun grows stronger,
I seek refuge inside earths core
Walls of plasma close all around me,
sealed in to burn forevermore
By
David Kavanagh
Each moment is new,
never before known,
as embarked navigation.
Situational atmosphere mixes in.
Sifts into a branded new creation.
We haven't the experience to know
what can be.
A wonderful incident is possibility.
A mystery within an altruistic recipe.
Young in-deed is our existening.
What is of yet, glistening.
Does Righteousness shapeshift
and hold secrets beyond our comprehension?
God's hands dew excavate into the Cosmic Sands,
and shift upon
Moments
Polarity?
Terraforming the Word to defy
our expectation?
Beckoning at a Vantage-Point,-
Clarion Station,- beyond
all Clarity?
Master's Plan, blinking, winking,
as His Will courses through the pulse of Eternity.
Off To Mars
All creative people are to live on Mars.
Imagine how cool it would be.
The aero/space program would be fricking awesome.
Designing spaceships to get there,
rockets like the nuclear powered engine,
space planes for going to the surface,
habitats to live in,
terraforming to make a breathable atmosphere and more.
When it's all sorted, then we write, sing, paint, sculpt.
Totally fricking awesome.
I'd also fly on Mars.
Gliders in the low grav sky...
Dominions of Corrosion
Jimmy Boom Semtex
"Terraforming"
She creates her new world
crackling life between her thighs
birthing the pains of man
ever constant terraforming
she reigns
magnanimously
in her power
holding his imagination
in her warm palms
like twin marbles burning;
Sun and Moon kiss
in his field of dreams
She’s terraforming
ubiquitously his horizon
each and every morning
diamond hard she wears him
he's receiving callibrations
a measurement of risk,
she flies with new wings
piercing jade blades
through his windows
Goddess rides his Blue Skies
holding his
hot piece of art
there arrives two smiles
in riotous celebration
massaging
cabin fever hearts
twin deities
divine salves
blessed and damned in
the morning
awaking their new
celestial migration
(LadyLabyrinth / 2020)
"The Weather" / Pond
https://youtu.be/gS-bqTWOuKI
1. Terraforming
2. Magnanimous
3. Ubiquitous
4. Lyrics
https://genius.com/Pond-the-weather-lyrics
It was a unique environment.
They were unique people in a unique place.
A mountain fifteen thousand metres high with a vertical south face.
Two pretty Goth girls stood on the edge.
One footstep forward and it was a huge fall to the Martian plateau.
Three hundred metres in front of the girls was a fine layer of Cirrus cloud,
thirty metres thick.
The Terraforming had worked brilliantly providing a heavy Earth like atmosphere on Mars.
Olympus Mons was a great holiday destination for young East European adventurers like Hanneke and Silge.
Hanneke had waist length black hair and Silge shoulder length red hair with lip piercings.
Both were equally beautiful as the magnificent landscape straight out of a sci-fi film.
They were taking time out of their Earth based Martian Geology course after a short field trip.
A quick hike was a chance to chill out and take in the stunning views.
Martian Gothic (short)
Unique environment unique people.
Fifteen thousand metre mountain vertical south face.
Two pretty Goth girls stood on the edge.
One footstep fall to Martian plateau.
Three hundred metres ahead thirty metre layer of Cirrus cloud.
Terraforming worked brilliantly Earth like atmosphere.
Olympus Mons great holiday destination for East European adventurers.
Hanneke had waist length black hair,
Silge shoulder length red hair with lip piercings.
Both beautiful like the magnificent sci-fi film landscape.
Chance to hike,
enjoy stunning views after their Earth based Martian Geology course and field trip.
We're all environmentally aware
enough to use sunscreen out in the sun:
yet we abuse Nature with little care.
And we reject blame for what we have done.
Killing all the animals, sparing none;
using nets, traps, and the range of a gun.
Earth is our evolutionary home
its flora and fauna affect us all,
down to every last gene and chromosome.
We glean the planet's bounty, claiming all;
ensuring greed will be our downfall,
devastating wildlife for urban sprawl.
We're linked by an ecological web;
cut one thread, and we diminish our worth:
and the tides of fortune will start to ebb.
Progress fuels our desire to leave Earth
without even acknowledging our part,
in the rape of the world we tore apart:
but it's not too late, we just have to start.
Scientists dream of terraforming Mars,
yet stay silent about gas-guzzling cars.
In the beginning was the void
And the void was covered with ice
They said, "Let us reposition its orbit
To make its temperature precise."
And the waters began to flow
They shaped exactly as it should
And thus Galactic Terraforming
Saw that it was good
So the planet became blue
And the air became breathable
Countless life forms were shipped in
As their creation became habitable
And many warring races
Engineered the most beautiful plan
They created a covenant of peace
And thus they called it man
And man received a trait
From each participating species
Making him the most complex enigma
So that he could learn how to see
And they all made this pact
Their first time to agree
That when we learn to love each other
There will be universal peace
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