O Pluto, Pluto! Wherefore art thou #Pluto? #space #NASA #science

Tis but a moniker that yields strife;

Thou art thyself, though not a planet.

What’s planet? It is nor rock, nor atmosphere,

Nor dwarf, nor comet,

Nor bow wave in the solar winds.

But intermediate twixt them all, and unique,

Orbiting the Sun.

Retain that dear perfection

And doff attempts to classify.

Oh, be some other thing!

That which we call a rose

By any other name

Would smell as sweet.

By Kate Rauner

With apologies to The Bard

Thanks to csmonitor.com and Plutophiles everywhere.

Filed under: Poetry Tagged: dwarf planet, NASA New Horizons, planet, Pluto, solar system, solar winds