Bracketed by boulders,
The gas giants
glacier round the star remote
The gas giants
glacier round the star remote
While the polished stones
Slingshot the balmy channels
Of archipelago .
The Planets
[1] Mercurius [pipsqueak]
[2] Venus [bewitching]
[3] Terra [biosphere]
[4] Mars [marches]
[5] Iuppiter [order]
[6] Saturnus [leaden]
[7] Uranus [sideways]
[8] Neptunus [horses]
[9] Pluto [ferryman]
*[ WSB ].
The Planets : [1] Mercurius
The pipsqueak planet
Is elusive in the sky,
Fleeting with his wings ;
Fading into the sun’s glare—
A trickster at dusk and dawn .
Is elusive in the sky,
Fleeting with his wings ;
Fading into the sun’s glare—
A trickster at dusk and dawn .
*[ WSB ].
The Planets : [2] Venus
The star-shine planet
Rivals the glow of full moon ;
Beautiful sister
Veiled in feminine mystique :
Bewitching and seductive .
Rivals the glow of full moon ;
Beautiful sister
Veiled in feminine mystique :
Bewitching and seductive .
*[ WSB ].
The Planets : [3] Earth
The ocean planet,
Bright blue-green with swirls of white,
Dances with one moon;
One of the four elements :
The biosphere brings forth life .
Bright blue-green with swirls of white,
Dances with one moon;
One of the four elements :
The biosphere brings forth life .
*[ WSB ].
The Planets : [4] Mars
The bloody planet
With canals and ice-capped poles,
[ Miraculous birth ],
Marches through the cold valley
With two prisoners of war .
With canals and ice-capped poles,
[ Miraculous birth ],
Marches through the cold valley
With two prisoners of war .
*[ WSB ].
The Planets : [5] Iuppiter
The giant planet
Of striated bands storming,
Heavenly father
Journeys out : a frozen star
Calming the sky for orbits .
Of striated bands storming,
Heavenly father
Journeys out : a frozen star
Calming the sky for orbits .
*[ WSB ].
The Planets : [6] Saturnus
The planet of rings—
And shepherding satellites
That furrow the ice—
Bedazzles the leaden sky :
Ushering the Golden Age .
And shepherding satellites
That furrow the ice—
Bedazzles the leaden sky :
Ushering the Golden Age .
*[ WSB ].
The Planets : [7] Uranus
The sideways planet
Of icy green formlessness
Broods far from the sun—
Celestial grandfather
Surrounded by tempest moons .
Of icy green formlessness
Broods far from the sun—
Celestial grandfather
Surrounded by tempest moons .
*[ WSB ].
The Planets : [8] Neptunus
The planet of winds
That howl within blizzards blue :
The hooves of horses
Splash the mystical waters ;
Shadows race on seas below .
That howl within blizzards blue :
The hooves of horses
Splash the mystical waters ;
Shadows race on seas below .
*[ WSB ].
The Planets : [9] Pluto
A planet no more
Waltzes with the ferryman
And underworld moons
In the ice and rock ruins,
On the edge of entropy .
Waltzes with the ferryman
And underworld moons
In the ice and rock ruins,
On the edge of entropy .
*[ WSB ].
Occupation : Poet . 