The news we need, "without which men die miserably every day" (WilliamCarlos Williams)—in this case, news that we ALL came from Mars. From Kabirto Shakespeare to John Muir to Gary Snyder, we're celebrating what poetsmake of science news, or rather poet's sciency news, considering the recentdiscoveries about our life roots in rocky Mars. We'll hear bossy andhelplessly enthusiastic poems about what we should do on earth right now,with reverence and joy in each other and all this world has always been andhas in store.© Barbara Mossberg 2013
