We Will Become Mars

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Dalton, A. 2024. We Will Become Mars.
TypeMagazine
TitleWe Will Become Mars
AuthorsDalton, A.
Abstract

'We Will Become Mars' is a speculative prose poem by A. J. Dalton which appeared in the Sept 2024 issue of Carmina Magazine. The Author's Note reads as follows: 'I produced the prose poem 'We Will Become Mars' as a response to how I fear we're stripping the Earth of all its natural life, just as Mars may once have been stripped. We will end up as space-refugees searching for a new planet...perhaps as Martians were once refugees who came and settled Earth. How many planets must be exhausted like this before the cycle is broken? It's a story as old as our origins, one that is told anew as 'mythology for the modern day'.'

Keywordsspeculative; poetry; science fiction; sci-fi; Dalton
Sustainable Development Goals11 Sustainable cities and communities
Middlesex University ThemeCreativity, Culture & Enterprise
Publication or CollectionCarmina Magazine
Publication dates
Online23 Sep 2024
Publication process dates
Accepted01 Jun 2024
Deposited30 Sep 2024
Output statusPublished
Web address (URL)http://carminamagazine.com/we-will-become-mars.html
LanguageEnglish
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