UCLA Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences • Meteorite Museum • Poetry & Science

Poetry Winners

Selected highlights and featured entries.

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“““360”” ”
Winners (2023)

2025-12-19 12:38

Author: Jonathan Riggs Year: 2023 Award: 3rd Place “It’s just a rock,” we sneer and stare into our phone but if you really think about it so’s the earth our home …

Meteor Haiku Number 1
Winners (2023)

2025-12-19 12:32

Author: Susan McClellan Year: 2023 Award: 2nd Place shooting star up high meteor streaks through the sky fleeting beauty, bye.

Message in a Bottle
Winners (2023)

2025-12-19 12:30

Author: Steven Desch Year: 2023 Award: st Place The Milky Way, a spiral arm: collapsing gas, it's getting warm... Here stars are born, they age and burst. They're no…