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Atmosphere

Atmosphere

By A. V. Christie

The canals of Mars

beseech various oxides, vast

dust storms

of a dulled red,

a daytime warmth

that only reaches so far.

Let’s call these fissures canals

so we’ll think of Venice

looking through our telescope

as Mars comes this close

in this our anniversary year

with its thin atmosphere

and, to be probed,

its extreme cold.

Source: Poetry (October 2009).

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Poet A. V. Christie

Subjects Nature, Stars, Planets, Heavens, Arts & Sciences, Sciences

Poetic Terms Free Verse