Mars Poetica Poem by Wyn Cooper

Mars Poetica



Imagine you're on Mars, looking at earth,
a swirl of colors in the distance.
Tell us what you miss most, or least.

Let your feelings rise to the surface.
Skim that surface with a tiny net.
Now you're getting the hang of it.

Tell us your story slantwise,
streetwise, in the disguise
of an astronaut in his suit.

Tell us something we didn't know
before: how words mean things
we didn't know we knew.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Ralph Tejeda Wilson 15 January 2019

A compressed cosmos in deft language that opens and resonates after the final period on the page.

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Wyn Cooper

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