Classic Poem

The Sun.

Blazing, burning, golden orb,
Shines that others may absorb.

Mercury.

Freezing cold, seething blast,
Spins but once, in orbit fast.

Venus.

Beauty, brighiness, hovering,
Veiled in her torrid fling.

Earth--and the Moon.

One alive, the other void,
Double, whirling planetoid.

Mars.

Red, dun, magenta, gold,
Crumbled ramparts, growing old.

The Asteroids.

Once a ball and now a ring,
Composed of almost everything.

Jupiter.

One-eyed bubble, awesome thing,
Circles in its wandering.

Saturn.

Banded planet, banded rings,
Planet orbiting--on wings.

Uranus.

Drunken monster rolls about,
North within and then without.

Neptune.

Giant ball of green and blue,
Lost a planetoid or two.

Pluto.

Dim and dark, crystal stung,
Tiny spark, the stars among.