Monday. Enough said, really.

Monday

Monday as an app:
Forever leveling up
without earning points

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I love when beautiful, unplanned synchronicities show up.

Like, after spending nine days of writing about planets I move onto the days of the week and, lo and behold, Sunday is named for the sun! (And, when the Babylonians were busy dividing up each month into seven day chunks. they thought the sun was one of the planets (all of which were supposedly rotating around Earth)).

Anyway. Hello. Here’s Sunday.

Sunday

The goddess Sunna
promises one more fresh start
and we worship that.

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When we were kids, Pluto was a planet.
Arguably our favorite planet because it was relatable:
little, standing on the outskirts of things, named for a Disney character.
(OK, we didn’t exactly understand naming rights…)

Anyway, I know it’s no longer official, but I’m giving it its due here anyway.
I’m nostalgic that way.

Pluto

A failed audition:
Meek, small, not right for the part.
(Has cult following)

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Also, a note: This wraps the first Poetry Month prompt (planets) and tomorrow I move onto Days of the Week. As we’ll be starting on a Sunday we’ll start with Sunday! Join me?

Did you all know that Neptune was discovered via mathematical equation?
Me neither!
But here’s the thing — Neptune lives 2.86 million miles from Earth.
That’s a lot of miles, so no surprise that we can’t exactly see there from here.

Neptune

Unfathomed distance
(location calculation)
Math can make you real

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Miranda, Puck, Titania, Ariel…
How much do you love the names of the Uranian moons?

Uranus is pretty much always the butt of jokes, but it’s actually a pretty spectacular planet.
27 known moons, 13 known rings, named for the Greek god of the sky. Pretty spectacular.

Uranus

You’re well attended:
Shakespearean satellites
Just mooning about

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We could be forgiven for looking at Saturn and seeing all moons (82!) and rings (7), all hydrogen and helium, but scientists think there may well be a solid core in there. Makes you wonder!

Saturn

We all admire
the way you accessorize
but what’s at your core?

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Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system but Venus usually outshines him.

Plus, for part of the year, Jupiter’s barely visible from Earth at all because the sun stands between us.

It’s just now, this April, that he’s re-emerging and will become increasingly brighter and more visible until late September when he’ll be in direct opposition to the sun and will shine like a star for us all night long.

The universe has a way of humbling everyone at least sometimes.

Jupiter

Re-emerge at dawn
from behind the sun’s smug glare.
You’re your own big deal.

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That red planet just drives our earthling imaginations wild, doesn’t it?

Mars

Un-crewed but roving
all over your mysteries.
Your face flushes red.

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Today I am holding Earth as if holding a big blue marble.
A big, blue, perfect, fragile, precious marble.

Playing for keepsies,
knuckles down and aim is true.
The blue one? Is ours.

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Wow, doing research on Venus got me in a certain kind of way.
So, y’all get a triptych today!

Venus

fiery, crushing,
explosive, unbearable!
My own toxic twin.

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