Thursday 16 January 2014

Several Poems for Children ~ The Planets

1. Mars Visitor

Once like our Earth,
And maybe once again.

My faithful probe extends
My reach,

Placing red rocks into
A basket for analysis.

But what was that,
To the left of the image?

Behind these alien
Stones so red?

Was it a creeping limb,
To close my camera lid?

The pink robe sky grows
Darker...

And I peer into my
Monitor,

Receiving these pictures,
From so very far.


2. Our friend, the Moon

We see him almost shocked,
His bright face looking
Down,

Luminous partner of a dark,
Clear night,

His mood we see in our
Oceans but
He sometimes slips away!

But peeks again gradually,
Over the lid of our dreams.

3. Approaching Jove

Slowing by retro rockets,
Burst silent in the dark,
Jupiter looms over everything
We see now...

Massive even at fifty million miles,
Huge winds move
Colours in immense powerful tides,
Amber red slicks, spilling into
Each other like paints run with water.

An invisible field locks
Strong around the ship,

The Great Storm is an eye,
Glaring at this tiny
Approaching Voyager.