Poems of the Week

Looking Ahead

by Dan Campion

“Watch NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity kick up dust on its 1st flight”
Space.com

“After Ingenuity’s successful Mars flight, NASA plans to fly a huge rotorcraft on Saturn’s moon”
Salon

We’re kicking up the dust on Mars
Through Ingenuity.
Our next stop’s Titan, then the stars!
Our theme’s mobility

In quest of—well, we’re not quite sure.
We just know that we must,
And, seeking out our itch’s cure,
We’ll kick up lots of dust.