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Unrivaled Earth
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Unrivaled Earth, how came you so
amongst the globes that come and go?
As planetary world just right
for human being day and night,
in every sense you’re apropos.
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The Sun which grants us starry glow
shines down upon our mortal show
as yet in word and deed we slight
unrivaled Earth.
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Oh may this rondeau help bestow
noteworthy words from pen to flow
as I, mere rhymester, yet despite
my lack of merit, seek insight
to pen some praises that we owe
unrivaled Earth.
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~ Harley White
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The poem is in the form of a rondeau…
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Earth (Wikipedia)…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth
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Image: The Earth seen from Apollo 17
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg
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Title: The Blue Marble
NASA/Apollo 17 crew; taken by either Harrison Schmitt or Ron Evans
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