{"id":4942,"date":"2021-02-20T01:34:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T01:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4942"},"modified":"2021-02-20T01:34:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T01:34:24","slug":"from-mars-far-far-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/from-mars-far-far-away\/","title":{"rendered":"From Mars Far Far Away"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Mars<\/a>
Mars image from the Perseverance Rover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From Mars, far far away
\nA spaceship sent pictures today
\nOf a distant planet in outerspace
\nThat could be a desert, or any place
\nIt seemed so odd, looked so queer
\nIt could as well be a quarry here
\nThe look for life, and finding none
\nFor signs of water to look have begun<\/p>\n

Some folk, disappointed question the point
\nTo waste time and money going to that joint
\nAs they cannot bring to mind
\nWhat of worth up there they will ever find
\nBut as with the moon much near to us
\nIt found a land with no hate or fuss
\nAll around the galaxy each place we can
\nFind peaceful worlds unpolluted by the greed of man<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Mars, far far away A spaceship sent pictures today Of a distant planet in outerspace That could be a desert, or any place It seemed so odd, looked so queer It could as well be a quarry here The look for life, and finding none For signs of water …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2967,3675],"tags":[4403,4404,4405,4402,4401],"class_list":["post-4942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america","category-news","tag-mars","tag-mars-rover","tag-perseverance","tag-poter-space","tag-space","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1hI","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4700,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/george-floyd-a-short-elegy\/","url_meta":{"origin":4942,"position":0},"title":"George Floyd – A Short Elegy","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"14th June 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"He served his time for the crimes he had done - Whether sentences given is enough or not, Is the victims right to question and call - But let it not be forgot Every saint has a past gone by... 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