01 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
Pioneer 10 Poetry
For me, some of the most moving responses to the message are the works of art and poetry that it evoked. Mr. 'Aim Morhardt is a painter of water colors of the desert and sierras who lives in Bishop, California, where, perhaps not coincidentally, the giant Goldstone tracking station, which commands Pioneer 10, is located. Mr. Morhardt's poem follows: Pioneer 10: The Golden Messenger. The dragon prows that cruised the northern seas, Questing adventure with the fighting clan; The gallant merma...Two poems inspired by the Pioneer 10 probe. Surely the first of many.