“New Horizons”
A Mort Laitner Poem
Ancient eyes scanned the stars
Connecting dots of light to create: a bull, a ram, a lion, a goat.
Searching for stories and meaning in the nightly skies,
For a clue or a message
of who or how or why.
For nine years we waited for a flyby photo of a dwarf
living inside a belt.
From three billion miles away an image flew to our lonely planet.
Which caused astro-scientists to see and say:
“There is a heart painted on this Plutonian surface.”
But NASA failed to connect the dots.
Their scientific imaginations as limited as that of a bull or a goat.
How many hearts have they seen through their telescopes?
Who created it?
How was it created?
Why was it created?
Only shamans and poets know the answers.
To them the message is as clear as the image on the photo.
It is either an ominous warning or a heavenly greeting card.
Love is all you need and you better find it before it is too late.
What are the readers saying:
Thank you one more time. Another great peace. It is heavenly beautiful. I have read it more than once as it is inspiring. Please continue to produce such lovely phrases well put together.
I have only written two poems, Maybe I should try.—-Gina
We went nuclear with this poem putting it on the NASA website for thousands to read and on writers and poets websites:
So nice poem, Mort—Hafiz Bashir Ahmad Malghani
Hey man, it took a lot of bright minds to get us there. If you can’t see the beauty and in their dedication…—Omid Ghassemi
Reading your poem encouraged me to write poetry…Today as I was riding a bus to Jerusalem, I thought about writing it all down… The Trip To Jerusalem—Shoshana
Love it! —Anita
Beautiful!— Eva
The last line connects all the dots well!—Steve
Mort , your name is a love poem as is mine? Let’s connect the dots. —Patrick
Good one. —Michael
Nice job! Mort—Louis
Dad, I really enjoyed the poem. Great job! —Travis
Cool poem, Mort. And here I always thought Pluto was Mickey Mouse’s dog.—Av
Great poem! Keep up your love of writing so it can be shared. —Etta
Yup.— Elaine
Thanks for sharing.— Marianne
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