NASA and Poetry

So NASA wants to send poetry from humans to the asteroid Bennu.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nasa-will-send-your-art-into-space_us_56e73ce3e4b0b25c9183081b

 If there are inhabitants of Bennu be forewarned: before replying with beautiful art and poetry of your own and letting us know of your existence, our scientists will gather samples retrieved during the mission to "provide important clues of how our solar system formed and evolved" or more apropos is new place to colonize (we have history).

Here's a poem I wrote for our Venutians neighbors, Bennuites I will go write to send you that poem:

Venus is our planetary neighbor

Which brings hope to learn

Our history and our future.

They found bright spots

Indicating flowing lava 

From active volcanoes.

The terrains had less craters

Than Mars which also may have had water

Russian astronauts pierced the shroud

And had a look.

Earth is our predatory neighbor

Which brings us fear to learn

That they have pierced our veil -

Our force field of sulfuric acid 

In the atmosphere and entered our terrain.

Once they realized Venus sustains life

We'll expect the colonization

And destruction of our terrain,

Our Venus.

Copyright 2016 Suzzette Dawes

Tallahassee II

Last weekend I went to Tallahassee

The black top, shrubbery and trees

Was all I saw for miles and miles

Until just after turnpike and before I-10, red leaves

Either green or stark branches for miles and miles

Interspersed among the green were red trees

I didn't know the type of tree but appreciated the beauty

Unlike my mom misunderstanding of my cousin's sexuality

She's still my cousin, she's still my mother's niece 

I couldn't understand the questions my mother was asking me

Her concern seems misplaced of my well-being

I've travelled much further and have been away longer without a peep

It made me shake my head in disbelief

That she thought what she thought

And the impact that it would have on me

My mother and her strange theories about her niece

Tallahassee I've wanted to visit but also visit my younger cousin

Who's busy and involved with events in her community.

We remembered the times when I took her and her brother to watch Toy Story

We made new memories visiting the capital and a night of karaoke.

Copyright (c) 2016 Suzzette Dawes

Tallahassee

Red contrasted against the green and gray

Leaves of trees which endured a long Florida Winter

(With cold fronts even in March)

Broke the monotony of the drive

As it has looked the same since I reached Ft Pierce

Leaving behind the palm lined highways of South Florida.

The stark contrast of trees between the north and south

Always seems to amaze me

More amazing are the treasures revealed 

When Beth gives her tour of Tallahassee 

I'm also amazed that more tourists don't visit Florida's capital

With its free entrance to museums with unique exhibits.

Museums like the Knotts House where Luella personified her Victorian

Furniture with sweet little verses that her guests then and now can read

Tour the mysteries of the House That Rhymes 

as inhabitants lived in a time gone by.

Driving through the two major schools

And listening to Beth narrate the history

Then I visited the next day, the Capitol building and all its historical displays

And the faces of the men and women that made this State great

Staring down from the walls of the old Capitol's halls

There was so much more to see:

Museum of Fine Arts, Natural History and Riley House 

For another visit to Tallahassee.

Homework devoured my schedule

In case you were wondering why I hadn't written in a while. I went back to school in January to learn programming. I had made up a schedule where I would find a monthly theme and write weekly on that theme (Plus go to classes, do homework and work). I kept up with all that in January. Then comes February and introductions are over: the homework got more intense. I do want to do well so I am spending a lot of time at the computer lab (did I mention I was also having signal issues at home?). Well I really want to keep writing so I am modifying my goal and doing away with themes. Just write!

Until next week, here's a poem: