David F. Shultz
solar photon’s terminus
one AU
darkens to frozen wasteland
annual sunset
the evening star
yellow fog on venus*
pouring through glass
telescope
signs of interstellar life—
stumbling in dust
dry wind scraping red rocks
ancient riverbed
black ocean filter feeder
brown whale
grav it y cryst alliz at ion—
glitter ring
two-hundred below freezing
scoop of icegiant
sound of wind the speed of sound
methane hurricane
plt o
ancient civilizations—
silence
David F. Shultz writes from Toronto, ON, where he also works as a teacher. His work is featured or forthcoming in publications such as Star*Line, Dreams and Nightmares, Poetry Quarterly, The Haiku Journal, Three Line Poetry, The Lovecraft eZine, Polar Borealis, and The Literary Hatchet, among others. Author webpage: https://davidfshultz.com
Author’s Note: Each poem represents notable objects in our solar system, beginning at the sun and moving outwards through all the planets (also including the moon, pluto, “planet x”, and beyond).
Editor’s Notes: NASA is exploring our solar system and beyond to understand the workings of the universe, while searching for water and life among the stars. Image credit for Oceanworlds: NASA (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4541)
* This piece was previously published in Grievous Angel
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