MAVEN Haiku
by Denny E Marshall
MAVEN* engineers
as the satellite nears Mars
sit in control room
need code to send instructions
type 5-7-5 voice rings out
*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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