"Terrific Scientific" (Entry 548)

Molecules agitation 

Supercool migration

Magnetic reflection

Genetic selection 

Thermal dispersion

Epidermal inversion

Atmospheric transmission

Numeric ambition

Terrific motion

Scientific devotion

"Nowhere's Journey" (Entry 517)

Drunken road

staggers through

vanquished land.

Abandoned track.

A trail without place,

where even the discarded

won’t go.

Journey to and from no-one

through nowhere’s acreage.

Unseen trace - the invisible space.

"A Crop of Universal Fruition" (Entry 448)

Taste of heavens. 

Solar and juicy. 

Planets ripen in fruity delight. 

(Olive Pluto of different class, but still enjoyed.)

Neptune clustered grape-like, with your moons. 

Succulent watermelon Uranus melts on by. 

Albedo shine of citrus Saturn,

Tumbled by a honeydewed Jupiter. 

Sweet strawberry Mars giggles and glows red in bashful glee. 

Earth, round and tasty. Eve's apple, ready for the picking. 

Venus, beautiful pear, luscious and plump. 

To Mercury's pomegranate. What's important, lies beneath. 

All bask in Sun's glory. 

A basket of perfection in place, their space. A crop of Universal fruition. 

"Rampage Moan"* (Entry 418)

on Lurdans Soil 

where Sailors Lund,

and Inland Lours,

Around Sills

(and Slod Urinals)

of Lurid Salons

by Lunar's Lidos. 

Old Insulars

of Lunar Dossil

sat to see

Sallo Sundri

and hear

Radios Nulls,

(Orals Unlids),

the Rolls Unsaid.  

but friends gathered,

Allison Ruds,

Darius Nolls,

Dillion Sarus,

Dollar Sinus

and Lola Sundris 

to quest, retrieve

Aldrin's Soul. 

onwards, onwards

Aids Unrolls

until to reach and see

the Lunar's Idols 

on Dias Unrolls. 

the Unsail Lords

from Snod of Arillus 

screamed out and

In Soul Slard

like Surloin Lads. 

job accomplished,

in view of the

Solr Sundial,

through Ruins Allods, 

lives on in Lairs Unsold

the LaDinos Slur

broken down pieces

of RUSSIAN DOLL. 

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* Title - "Rampage Moan" = "Anagram Poem."

"Dusty Skies" (Entry 408)

Meteor crust

Zoom and thrust 

Out and combust

Interstellar dust

.....

Did you watch tonight's Perseid Meteor Shower?

"Red Neighbour" (Entry 405)

Earth calls Fourth, we seek

Mysterious atmosphere. 

Hello, Red Neighbour!

"Born A Thousand Tears Ago" (Entry 386)

Born. 

A thousand tears ago. 

A thousand million light years away. 

A place blown to

A thousand million billion pieces 

In the Dymantism Conflict. 

That was the best thing to happen to it. 

It wasn't a town on a planet.

It was a breeding ground on a facility. 

Conceived in embrovats. 

Developed then sucked from the gel 

To dwell and be raised in optimum statis. 

Fed nutrients and knowledge. 

Extracted waste and individuality. 

Breed, born and betrayed. 

Genetically grown grunts. 

The best thing to happen to that place was when it was blown apart. 

Artificial wombs went boom!

I should know. 

One of their Spawned Warriors, made to order, made the order.

I pressed the trigger.

"Balmy Ideas" (Entry 383)

Balmy day. 

Mechanical breeze whipped through the dome. 

Light shone to create tropical warmth. 

Always a balmy day inside the dome. 

Constant temperature inside the Hawaiian Dome. 

Or to ski. 

A control suit - airlock - surface shuttle - airlock away. 

In the Alps Dome. 

Oh, to wish. 

But how she wished...

She wished....

Look up from the Moon to Earth. 

To experience the real lands,

And mountains, and cities,

But mainly the oceans. 

For all her home pod,

Hawaiian Dome,

Offered with artificial surf reef and pools. 

There was no expanse of ocean,

To dive, to explore, to surf, 

To sail away. 

To be with the animals. 

Oh, how she wished to see animals for real. 

She sighed as she saw the blue of Earth. 

"One day, I'll get there. I know I will.

The thought of being there with all that diversity. 

The wonders!

To get beyond the Moon. 

To walk the land and swim the seas. 

It's a leap, I know,

But one day,

I will step upon the Earth!"

"Pilgrims to a New World" (Entry 369)

They knew from the outset, they would never come back,

Although they told family and friends they would,

With stoic smiles and hearty hugs,

But they were told from the beginning,

It was a one way ticket. 

Once in a lifetime,

No. That's saying too small.

No one had ever given given this opportunity before. 

They were the blessed. 

Part of the chosen ones. The elite. 

The new youth

Ready to travel further than

Only a few pioneering souls 

Who had sacrificed themselves to make 

This trip beyond new frontiers possible. 

They stepped onto the ship,

With supplies they hoped would last 

To set up their new colony. 

They viewed the eyes of those gathered to watch them leave,

Knowing they would never see them again. 

Their One Way Ticket taking them to their New World. 

Once

Pilgrims to America. 

Onwards

Astronauts to Mars!

*************

Missions to Mars continue. 

This is the latest: http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/maven/

"Rusty Fourth" (Entry 336)

Barren rusty rock. 

Was it always as we see? 

Breathe fourth. Let us know.

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Another verse inspired by the NASA - MAVEN mission to Mars -  http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/maven/ 

I've entered their haiku competition with a different poem which I'll post here once the deadline expires. 

"Universal Air" (Entry 335)

Solar winds breathe as

Universal air rolls on

Rusty dusty rock. 

********

Inspired by the NASA - MAVEN mission to Mars - http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/maven/ 

I've entered their haiku competition with a different poem which I'll post here once the deadline expires. 

"Drift to Space Beyond" (Entry 332)

Yet to drift beyond

The boundless yesterdays. 

To dabble in what may be

And what could have been

To dip one's thought in changing patterns,

The ripples of the unboxed unseen. 

 

It didn't happen in this thread,

Not snipped or tangled,

Just not, this way lead

To be sown or glued to shape. 

An untrod cloud in this space. 

The missed dimension. 

Let's never mention it again. 

"I. Always." (Entry 299)

I exist,
Amongst the stars,
Soaring through bright blaze of nebula
Secret pockets of folded space.
Beyond the sight of telescope.

I am,
Within the earth.
Unseen fingers wriggle in claggy cold clay.
Invisible toes stretch in mossy peat,
Where the wild world grows.
Caress Earth's surface and feel her breathe.
Go deeper and entwine within her heartbeat.

I live,
In oceans,
in the deep to dwell,
then ride upon the blustered swell,
To land as dew upon a daisy petal
Kissed by fleeting butterfly’s hush.

I survive,
In the air,
Hear my choral rhapsody within the wind,
be carried as dust wherever it blows.

I am there,
Always,
Part of The Universe - my home.

"Dawn's Own Fable" (Entry 213)

The dwelling point on Seamus Rock
to find it there you must pick a lock
of hair from the beauty to meet yet
and brush their hair and then to set
it down, spread beneath the stars
before the sun blocks the bars
and night clubs back the risen morn.
A fable told as we greet Dawn.

"Dissolve to Memory" (Entry 183)

I close my eyes
to windows bright shine
to sense white flash
of negative shapes dash
and dance in darkened space.
Only to feel them float and dissolve
to be memory in deepened soul.

"The Long Way" (Entry 171)

Meander on the slow walk.
A day where you don't need to be any place but
here.
Bask in the laziness of the hours.
Take the long way round to nowhere special.
The best destination in the universe.

"Camp First Contact" (Entry 102)

Cold of the night began to seep
into sleeping bag.
The type of chill that groundsheet
could not still.
Unstaved, to snore and grumble
in undreamed sleep.
Comatosed hand scratched at arse
within quilted cocoon,
replied with a grunt and a fart of
satisfaction as, deep and low,
the rumbling began.
Dull throve of engine getting closer,
churning up the skies to
whip the air,
and rip the flimsy tent away.
No longer sheltered,
at visitors, he gasped and gapped.
At first light and contact,
now totally awake.

"Perfect Night - Stars Align" (Entry 82)

A perfect night of Universal delight.

180 degrees of clear, 

devoid of clouds and fear.

Jupiter and Venus dance in line,

facing Mars - glowing red Divine.

Aldebaran takes its place, 

above turn its twinkling face.

'Tis a spectacle - a special time.

Turn to the heavens, when stars align.

"A Rainbow at Dusk" (Entry 70)

The globe lowers along a line that does not exist.
Slowly melting,
soaked up to change the colours of the sky.
Bright blue melds to violet
touching a golden centre
spraying orange and red of chewy candy.
A delicious treat of flash of green.
Gone!
Darkened night to indigo,
ready for the heavenly display delights.

"The Piano Players" (Entry 69)

If you listen hard enough,
somewhere in the world,
someone is playing a piano.

More than one.
What do you think?
A thousand? A million? More?

All playing to their own tune.
Living their life to their own rhythm.
Take a listen.

All playing.
Are they young or old?
Professional or new?
Some for fun, others for money.
Others play because they are made to.

Just think
if all these millions,
let's stick with millions,
all played the same melody
at the same time.
Would everyone on the planet hear it?

Would it reach the angels?

But the angels already hear them,
every song, all the time, everywhere.

For at this moment,
there is one angel who sits beside a girl
enveloped in thought and music.

The angel sighs, knowing that soon
this song will soon be lost.
As there will be one less piano player in the world.

So play,
play now and loud,
or softly for yourself,
but play.

Play your piano while you can.