Special Double Feature: "Jupiter" by Frequent Contributor Sierra July & "Great Red Spot" by the Editor

Jupiter

Sierra July

In center of town,

Stood Rome’s Jupiter

In day, he glittered

As though gem-studded

When dim, a shade pulsed

From it that struck hearts

Beauty that stung eyes

But once a month, fear

Awoke in awe's stead

When cursed full moon rose,

The God’s core glowed red

Poet’s Notes: Looking up at the sky one night, I saw a star that looked red. It may have been Mars or a plane, but it made me think of Jupiter's red spot. I thought that I would relate the Roman god Jupiter with the planet of the same name and came up with this piece.

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Great Red Spot

Size of three earths

Spinning for centuries

Perhaps even for millennia

High-pressure hurricane

The King of storms

                                                                                      --Steven Wittenberg Gordon