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# Verses: Hope in desolation
- URL: https://jatan.space/hope-in-desolation/
- Published: 2025-09-16T10:51:12.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-10T10:29:27.000Z
- Author: Jatan Mehta
- Tags: Verses

> *Space just desolate…* 
> *and yet humans launch hope* 
> *to explore some more*

![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2025/09/long-march-2f.jpg)

Image: Xinhua | See the first note at the end

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> *On our Moon* 
> *from where the Sun never shines,* 
> *a new era will dawn.*

![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2025/09/permanently-shadowed-crater-rim.jpg)

The rim of the 10-kilometer-wide Erlanger crater on the Moon’s north pole. The crater floor is in permanent darkness. [Image: NASA / GSFC / ASU / LRO](https://jatan.space/permanently-shadowed-regions-on-the-moon/) | See the second note below

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**Poem notes:**

1. There’s nothing quite as bold and beautiful as committing to venturing the brutal colossal desolation that is space. Every (civil) space launch carries not just hardware but hope. The act of exploring the void makes humans special.
2. From “where the sun never shines” is a reference to [permanently shadowed regions](https://jatan.space/permanently-shadowed-regions-on-the-moon/) on our Moon’s poles which were discovered to host [water ice deposits](https://jatan.space/ultimate-guide-to-water-on-the-moon/). These could be crucial for sustained [exploration of our Moon](https://jatan.space/why-explore-the-moon/) as well as the Solar System.

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*Both the haiku and the verse are part of* [***Seven uni-verses***](https://jatan.space/seven-uni-verses-poetry/)*, my globally published poetry pamphlet.*

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#### Seven uni-verses (booklet)

By [****Jatan Mehta**](https://jatan.space/about). Poetry on all that space evokes.

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