On Venus poets have
almost twenty years
to compose thirty poems
for Venusian Poetry Writing Month
For JuPuWriMo
the Jovians have about
twelve and a half days
for the whole shebang
You’d think a luxurious
but not decadent
thirty days would be perfect
and yet down to the wire we go once again.
It’s that time of year again, and much has happened.
Not the least of which:
.
.
The farthest horizon we know
phoned home at dialup speed
bit by bit under hazy sky
we learn the next living world
(Image composite: @NovaSilisko)
Pluto and Charon
Styx, Nix, Hydra, Kerberos
Will not notice us
Passing though the neighborhood,
But we’ll be at rapt
attention as we streak through
Hadean Downtown
At near ten miles per second.
Trying not to miss one blink.
A nine year arrow
shot to the new horizon
now nears its target
