​POETRY  -  
          With a Theme of Time 

"When did imagination first loosen the bonds of clay"

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Genesis
by MJ Moore

                    Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, first controlled flight
                               on another planet, April 19, 2021
 
Ingenuity hovers in Martian air,
its shadow sliding over red sand.
From millions of miles away,
hands glide across keyboards,
urging it into the unknown.
 
How do we trace back through time
the dawn of this desire?
 
Before astronauts somersaulted
through space stations.
Before Armstrong’s boot stirred moon dust,
or that first breath-taking orbit revealed
Earth’s blue-green curve.
 
Before Lindbergh’s plane rumbled across the Atlantic,
the brief airborne moments at Kitty Hawk,
the colored balloons lifting over Paris.
 
Before a Dutchman raised the first telescope.
Before Arab astronomers plotted the heavens,
Greeks named the constellations,
or human fingers pointed to stars
in dark velvet sky.
 
When did imagination first loosen
the bonds of clay
and rise, lighter than air,
carrying the desire to know--
     there--
               there--
                         there--
 

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MJ Moore has been a writer, teacher, grass roots activist, Buddhist practitioner, wife, mother, and grandmother. She loves the ocean and has lived near coasts most of her life. From the top of her street she can see the San Francisco Bay stretched out in fog and light. Poetry for her is a source of vision, exploration, and joy.  Her poetry book, Topography of Dreams, was published by Blue Light Press in 2020.

Other works in this issue:
Poetry:
Florida--Moon Central
Departure

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