Mars, the red planet
Is the Roman god of war
Mars rotates (sunrise to sunrise)
Just like the Earth we adore
So, if you count each Mars hour
You’d get a number
Just a little more that 24

Mars has a surface
Of much oxidized iron dust
Making Mars the king of rust
And if you’re comparing size and speed
Mars is less than us—

Mars is half the diameter of Venus or Earth
Two other planets of almost identical in girth (What’s a girth you say?
It's that belt size about your waist!)

At about half the speed of Mercury
Mars is surely in no hurry
To make the journey around the Sun
It takes almost two Earth years
For Mars to do just one

Mars is certainly no Venus
With her beautiful golden clouds
Mars is all revealed
You can see Mars' mounds so clear
While the surface of Venus is concealed

Olympus Mons
Is the big volcano on Mars
It is the biggest
Anyone has ever seen
Olympus Mons
Is four times bigger
Than any Earthly volcano thing

Check out Mars
It has a north and south pole
Where there are ice caps
Just like here at home