Martian Marching (2015)



ranking the rovers, over and over,
jerking down the ravines, searching for frozen H2O.
just like any old four leaf clover,
but just go with my friends, who can walk on snow.

we jetted the Stars and Stripes on the moon,
ancient varied history, now we strive for starred dreams.
and just wish before a human lands on a Mars it could be a goon,
and here I am just hanging out in gyms hanging from beams.
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Submitted on April 20, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABAB CDCD
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 393
Words 77
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

Doug Hall

Even though I was given a Brit Milah (Jewish circumcision) 8 days after I was born in the USA I have never known my Hebrew name. I have created various ones including Ephraim ben Uri and Achael ben Uriel. If anyone knows my Hebrew name from August 1968 in Massachusetts please let me know... more…

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