UNLOCKING THE GALAXY • by by Aurelio Rico Lopez III

A Martian craft banks left,
narrowly avoiding the speeding meteor
set off course by planetary gravitational pull.
A fleet of flying saucers
barrel roll along the rings of Saturn while
alien youngsters fly kites
on the stormy winds of Jupiter’s hurricanes.
Back on Earth, behind a telescope lens –
a Christmas gift from his dad –
a little child
up way past his bedtime,
yawns and prepares for bed.

Aurelio Rico Lopez III is a self-diagnosed scribble junkie.  His poems have been featured in the likes of Fear and Trembling, Wanderings, Beyond Centauri, Mythic Delirium, and Star*Line.   He is also the author of the haiku chapbooks JOLTS and SHOCKS (Sam’s Dot Publishing).

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Posted on December 26, 2008 in Poems, Speculative
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3 Responses to “UNLOCKING THE GALAXY • by by Aurelio Rico Lopez III”


  1. mark dalligan Says:
    December 26th, 2008 at 4:40 am

    Great links between imagination, Christmas, Science and youth. 5 stars from me.

    Cheers

    Mark

  2. Oonah V Joslin Says:
    December 26th, 2008 at 6:40 am

    I so loved the idea that the magic of Christmas is encapsulated in the imagination of a child – our ability to go beyond our boundaries – and bedtimes :)

  3. Robin Herrnfeld Says:
    December 26th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    Wow, Sci-fi poetry! That’s a new one for me.

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