On my home planet of Loran
A wonderful change occurs at sunrise.
The black night sky changes to dark purple,
Indigo and finally verdant-green of day.
Melodic sounds are heard everywhere
Brought by morning windstorms
Soft sounds floating through air
Filling the planet with mellow songs
Enriching Loran’s magnificent sunrise.

Hazel Ann Lee is a Black American author and scientist of poems, novels, short stories and articles on science fiction and fantasy, education and science. Her book of original science poems and science fiction short stories is titled The Astronaut’s Window: Collection of Poems and Short Stories Celebrating Nature. Her poetry was published in Star*Line, Utopia and Frost Zone Zine. Her short story was also published in Frost Zone Zine. Her next book of poetry, Poems On, Above and Between Earth will be published next year.