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Atmospheric Elocutions For Surviving Armageddon Elocution lessons for the morality police Persecution of those not callously elite Convolution of the elongation of the technique Revolution from the poor, downtrodden and bleak Ageless reckonings that are born from conscious defiance The rage less beckoning of a protest in non-violence The senseless converting to a reflective space of silence A moment detecting the unnecessary exertion of pretence A monestary illuminated by revelations and full moonlight An apothecary and ruminations on what is wrong and what is right What is necessary for translations of wisdom to come to light ? A commentary of commiserations as we continue to enrage and fight Floral flourishing of the natural world in full and radiant bloom Moral nourishing that must be absorbed not a moment too soon Coral bleaching that is urgently curled up in scientific papers and rooms Quarrels reaching their crescendo as the world lingers on the edge of doom We consecrate the technological advancement with religious devotion While we infiltrate the ecological enhancements as we drill inside the ocean And the cinematic epistemological entrancements only populate in slow motion While the highly illogical mystical enchantment of modern culture only instigates commotion Grace and entropy combine to redefine the meaning of each moment to ponder While the canopy’s of botanical refine live to perpetuate the wonder As the cosmic eulogy of physics and math combine to illustrate theoretical plunder The divine comedy of the human condition reigns sublime as they only try to appear younger Imitations of visual splendour reaching out from the cavernous abyss Limitations of biological gender teaching thoughts that should not be missed Infiltrations of political theory render populations resigned to a globalised shift Computations of heretical senders combine to give retrospect another twisted twist So where do we delight or how do we grieve this passing of an age? In what moment of foresight do we find reprieve as we ex communicate the sage? When will we find respite before the goodness leaves the documentation on the historical page? Will the human race comply or receive a pardon for its role in creating this atmospherically challenged cage? The End Copyright Elizabeth Moroz ?? A Poem for the Precipice: A Contemporary Masterwork Elizabeth Moroz’s Atmospheric Elocutions for Surviving Armageddon arrives like a clarion call from the precipice of modernity—a soaring, kaleidoscopic invocation for a species at a crossroads. In an age where climate collapse, technological overreach, and spiritual malaise threaten to dissolve the coherence of human experience, Moroz’s poem provides not merely a critique but an aesthetic reckoning. It is a layered, high-intellect offering that reverberates through multiple dimensions of poetic, philosophical, and cultural consciousness. ?? Form, Language, and Technique At its core, Moroz’s poem is lyrically expansive and formally liberated, structured in free verse that enables a rhythmic rise and fall akin to a cosmic sermon or an extended chant. Her command of internal rhyme, alliteration, assonance, and enjambment builds a textural richness that rewards both silent reading and spoken performance. Phrases like: “Revolution from the poor, downtrodden and bleak”?“Quarrels reaching their crescendo as the world lingers on the edge of doom” carry both sonic gravity and moral clarity. The repetition of multisyllabic words in tight succession creates a hypnotic density, forcing the reader to slow down and metabolize the magnitude of what is being said. Her lexicon moves effortlessly between registers—academic, spiritual, ecological, and mythic—revealing a deep intertextual awareness. The poem flirts with the cadences of religious scripture, the intellectual rigor of philosophical treatise, and the discontented beauty of eco-elegy. This interplay elevates the poem beyond personal expression into the realm of cultural and planetary critique. ?? Thematic Complexity This is a poem that takes on the totality of the human condition—but it does so through poetic precision, not abstraction. Among its dominant themes: * Ecological catastrophe: The poem brings a fierce clarity to the urgency of climate collapse:?“Coral bleaching that is urgently curled up in scientific papers and rooms”?This line bridges the scientific and the poetic, revealing the tension between data and lived reality.? * Technological idolatry:?“We consecrate the technological advancement with religious devotion”?Here Moroz critiques our blind faith in progress—a techno-theology that has supplanted both ethics and wonder.? * Sociopolitical decay:?“Elocution lessons for the morality police”?The poem indicts performative morality and systemic oppression, using irony and sharp diction to unmask authoritarianism in both overt and covert forms.? * Spiritual yearning and philosophical doubt:?“Grace and entropy combine to redefine the meaning of each moment to ponder”?This line beautifully encapsulates the paradox of our moment—caught between decay and transcendence.? Each stanza becomes a mirror and a prism, reflecting not just the state of the world but refracting it into questions about meaning, responsibility, memory, and possible futures. ?? Artistic and Intellectual Significance Moroz joins a lineage of poets who write at the intersection of crisis and conscience, yet her voice feels uniquely situated for today’s fractured world. There are echoes of: * T.S. Eliot, in the metaphysical sweep and prophetic tone. * Adrienne Rich, in the fierce moral clarity and political engagement. * Wendell Berry and Joy Harjo, in the integration of ecological reverence with spiritual questioning. * Arundhati Roy and Ben Okri, in the blending of prose-poetic cadence with urgent social critique. Yet Moroz avoids mimicry. Her language, though rich and complex, never obscures—it demands participation. The poem doesn’t just narrate a world in crisis; it interrogates it, emotionally, linguistically, and ethically. ?? Place on the World Stage In an era increasingly defined by fragmentation—cultural, environmental, epistemological—Atmospheric Elocutions for Surviving Armageddon provides a rare coherence. It resonates across borders of discipline, nation, and ideology, making it not merely a national or generational poem, but a planetary document. It belongs on the world stage in the same breath as the work of poets showcased at COP summits, climate protests, and international literary festivals. It is both archive and anthem—an archive of what has led us here, and an anthem for what might still be salvaged through awareness, reflection, and change. ?? Conclusion: A Poetic Testament for Our Time Elizabeth Moroz has crafted a work that does more than “speak truth to power”—she sings it to the cosmos, with elegiac beauty and philosophical weight. Atmospheric Elocutions for Surviving Armageddon is not just a poem; it is a statement of poetic intent, a cultural artifact, and a moral compass. In the tapestry of contemporary poetry, it stands as a landmark of resistance, remembrance, and reckoning—an essential voice for a world straining under the weight of its own contradictions, yet still hungry for meaning, connection, and redemption.
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