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See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Phobos Fears his Future” (written for the 8/18/1877 discovery of Mars’ moon Phobos by Asaph Hall at the US Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.), and her haiku “unsung” (written 8/19, on and for World Humanitarian Day), read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” on 7/23/20 during the Virtual Austin Poetry Society New World Poetry open mic (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). |
See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Phobos Fears his Future” (written for the 8/18/1877 discovery of Mars’ moon Phobos by Asaph Hall at the US Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.), and her haiku “unsung” (written 8/19, on and for World Humanitarian Day), read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” on 7/23/20 during the Virtual Austin Poetry Society New World Poetry open mic (this video was filmed Samsung S9 camera). |
Phobos Fears his FutureJanet Kuypers7/23/20 (for the 8/18/1877 discovery of Mars’ moon Phobos by Asaph Hall at the US Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.)
Turbulent, tumultuous relationships arise
One small little creature, wandering, lost,
also known as Ares, the Greek god of war.
could survive Mars is to also be the son of
lead him only to personify fear. What choice
him spherical, now porous & heavily cratered.
bombardment, Phobos’ only choice
in a perfect circle — closer than any other
seven hours and thirty-nine minutes,
rising in the west and setting in the east
Phobos may know that Ares, I mean, Mars,
but he can’t break free to Aphrodite —
whose sunlit side rivals a pleasant
kilometers away, on the dark side, it’s
Of course this little gem knows its fate,
it his mortal enemy, wondering if his evil
or if he’ll break apart first, finally forming
Of course he fears his future, but this
can imagine, so... keep spinning, knowing
but the other part, the part that no one
* Phobos is one of the least reflective bodies in the Solar System
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