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MAVEN Haiku

by Denny E. Marshall


wedding ring absent
replies to wife, "Lost at work"
"find it," she answers
did not have heart too tell her
dropped in MAVEN*, now on Mars.

*MAVEN (Mars Atmospheric and Volatile Evolution Mission) with launch period opening on November 18, 2013. During the last half of July a haiku contest was held, with the top three winnionh prizes and all entries to be included on the disc aboard MAVEN.


© 2013 Denny E. Marshall

Denny E. Marshall has had art, poetry, and fiction published. Denny does not have a Facebook page or Twitter account but does have a website with previously published works.

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