Best Evolutionary Poems
Act 1: Earth
Water
Droplets fall to earth
Meniscus lens on the world -
Wellspring of life born
Air
Gaseous brew forms
Invisible elixir -
A breath of fresh air
Fire
Destructive, cleansing
But giver of warmth and light –
Fire’s dual perspective
Act 2: Plant
Leaf
Spring buds burst afresh
Summer leaves decay so soon –
Death lords over all
Palm
Giant grass not tree
These swaying centurions -
Lives must co-exist
Sunflower
Massed bright sunflowers
Heads turn in obedience -
Sun sets on their lives
Act 3: Animal
Slug
Slug saw juicy leaf
Raced to eat this rare delight!
Bird swooped, slug no more
Ant
Ants march home in line
Communal desire on show -
Nature's will prevails
Butterfly
Winged beauty flutters
Abstract painting on her back -
Looks often deceive
Act 4: Man
Crescent
Curvaceous glory
The home of wealthy leisure -
Rich built upon poor
Gaudi
Parabolic waves
Acknowledge natural forms -
Colour outlaws grey
Dubrovnik
Sun shines on pan tiles
The town's uniform new shell -
War scars fade slowly
Act 5: Machine – the final chapter
Computer
Bits, bytes, ones, zeros
So Charles and Ada conceive -
IT’s Pandora’s box
Robot
Man and beast replaced
Same task over and over -
Objective carnage
AI
Boolean bible
Artificial ignorance -
Logical ending
Postscript: Evolutionary finale
Obliteration
Human destruction of earth -
Annihilation
Poetry Soup Featured Poem: August 16, 2020
In the event there is a God who or which works in mysterious ways. Perhaps a devil would work in mysterious ways as well. Maybe more or possibly way more mysteriously ways.
Evolutionary machine churns on and on
love is just a con
what we see is seems simple
to the machine just a dimple
how do we interpret how we feel
we are not even one spoke in a wheel
like ants in a nest
our instincts do not rest
why do we pursue such strange things
maybe one day we will have wings.
The machine craves randomization
Nearly granted in this big population
The machine has succeeded
The unnecessary have been weeded
Our understanding is ace
Mankind won the race
The unknown that is
Always surrounding
So close while hidden
An often stranger
Passing by old friends.
Seeking knowledge
Never ending
Frightening some
Until ignored.
Strength to see
Questions rise
Holding close
Unknown
Welcome
Mind.
Darwin's finches.
Galapagos turtles kiss,
Snuggle together under the sun.
Webbed feet to swim
Our friend LeMarck was wrong
We can never get what we need
When we need it.
Anger, it seems to be all I know...
the fire that burns my insides till
I just want to burst like a volcano
who's lava is made up of salty tears
Frustration, is all I can feel when I
think of all that is you
Harsh memories that tare me at the seems
like a broken stuffed creature
Self, one that I no longer recognize in my reflection
a mirror shattered long ago by the
excessive beating of my heart
replaced the whole image of a girl I once knew
Dark, is my mood after you
I can no longer see the light in my own eyes
it was dimmed so quickly by my own low
self worth.
I allowed this...
I am more than this... aren't I?
("Exploded View", 2011, original oil and acrylic)
Asymmetrical Cultural Warfare
Both people and traditional cultures value symmetry;
In humans it indicates healthy genes,
In Cultures it’s probably the same,
Indicating balanced and enduring values.
The modern world offers an exception to the rule;
A deconstruction of our nature
Into its primary components and building blocks,
But to what end?
Due to the pressure to celebrate perversity, er, I mean diversity,
Balanced faces now seem unnaturally suspect
Somehow too perfect, healthy and elite
As the average face sinks ever deeper into mutational overload.
Same for our culture, as the novel
And creatively abstract
- be it in art, political or scientific theory,
fashion, language and music -
Takes over our sensibilities
And leaves us suspect of the natural, wholesome and beautiful.
The world today is increasingly ruled by
The few deviant thought leaders
Picasso-like in their experimentation
With the art of living the everyday.
And we will know them by their mark;
Their lopsided features,
And spitefully mutant impact
On tradition.
It’s not a random thing after all,
It comes from our genes,
The ones we’ve kept from Nature’s culling
And the programs our AI now perfectly create.
(4/9/24)
I stand here watching you
in this city of cages,
imbibing of the scents and sounds
unknown to me.
I see myself reflected in you.
Your walk, similar to mine.
The way you hold your infant
as she suckles.
In your eyes I see... a soul?
As I stare at their brown pools,
it's as if we can almost communicate.
Your face tells its' tale,
our paths were once one.
Cantos Uno Obsessive Eclipse Octavia
Israel is like a mote on mankind’s face
Born on May 14 1948 ,
A host of problems a bloody disgrace
I see two eclipses to change it’s fate,
A lunar eclipse Sept 7 next year
A rotten tepid corpse is Isreal’ end,
Dec 28 2 years away I fear
Which lunar eclipse could fulfill the trend.
There are some partial lunar eclipses too
They are 4 and 5 years apart in time ,
Will these doom angels assure Isreal is through?
Israel gone -time for Palestine to shine
And The last eclipse is to far away,
I might be dead that time who is to say
The first partial eclipse I will be here ,
What doom will I find on the blogosphere
Cancer is on Israel’s tenth house end
Saturn in Cancer a weak place for sure ,
Moon in tenth conjunct Saturn -a friend
The Moon godliness. for Saturn is the cure,
Let us look at the Nakshatra for the Moon
A godly message for Israel -a boon ?
The Moon’s Nakshatra is in the 8th cell
Pushya acts godly as far I can tell.
Cantos Duo: Considerazioni Astrologiche
And Israel’s 7th house cusp is Aries. too
And plenty of foreign disputes to date
And Mars in Leo in the 11th -true
Ready for war that it anticipates
For Israel it is not an good investment
This behaviour just brings resentment
Israel can be to aggressive to some
To self assured in disputes they think they won
But the 7th house is Israel’s allies
When Mars transits the Tenth time for a coup
With the above config allies strategize
Mars nakshatra,Magha great success too
Sun is in Taurus -gets resources from friends
Ruled by Venus in the 9th bucks never end
Wars it undertakes they feel surely blest
Wars it undertakes ,it feels it passed the test
The Sun’s Nakshatra is called Krittaka
The Sun acts like a persona non grata
Envoi:
Isreal civic views are like swine
Eclipses purport drastic change
Warn Israel free Palestine
If you don’t change you are deranged
Take no crap from Zionists too
And they twist facts to thier taste
If we do mankind is screwed
Set them straight else all is a waste
Not all Jews are Zionists too
These Jews think these folk are morons ,
Please I ask don’t conflate the two
No, then you will get a sermon.
The funky monkey in golden coat
has risen above diseased scapegoat
able to express in diverse form's
able to understand outside the norm
no longer being led as a carnival jester
no longer wounded with sores that fester
The funky monkey has reached the top rung
bellowing his song to be heard to be sung
reaching down showing other's the way
pathway to love where the light of gold stay's
life imprisoned cage door's being opened
criminal's no more are the heart's of awakened
The funky monkey evolve's to resolve
promise of gift awaiting us all
journey has been long in time and space
putting an end to eternal rat race
no longer an experiment
enjoy life how it is meant
Love is no doubt a message heaven sent.........
.....the mental age...intellectual age......
~~intelligence by design~~
( just a play on Darwinism )
Oh, when did evolution end
Or was it just a passing trend
That ran its course and then got worse
Or is it just a fading curse
For monkey’s would deny such kin
That say they are the root of men
For even the most vile Jackals
Ever put their foes in shackles
And yet these homosapiens
Claim they’re where evolution ends
That should there be a fall from grace
There’s nothing that could take their place
They have no clue the cats are waiting
And purring, mewing traps they’re baiting
Indoors, outdoors, all are feral
And “owners” all over a barrel
The fox is sly, the bear a brute
But kitty cats are oh so cute
And dogs, poor fools, will do as told
As long as kitty refills their bowls
Seek knowledge
as one who mines
precious treasures...
Is Harris is .a supporter of fracking ?
If she does Harris needs a good whacking.
She opposes the death penalty too
For the worst dregs of mankind what say you ?
And Harris states Bidenomics is a .success
De ipso facto Bidenomics is a mess.
And she supports the Cannabis Justice Act
A silver lined cloud for this Act that’s the fact.
On the other hand Harris supports Isreal
Treason ,a knife,bloodied .She can go to Hell.
If Harris’s plan is like Bidenomics too
America once again just got screwed.
A Harris economy that is great ?
America prospers and feels first rate.
And she will spend 5 billion on the homeless .
Tartuffe is a wet noodle. This plans a mess..
And Harris abandons homeless pets,not nice
A heart like ice; it is time to pay the price
California is where this dark deed was cast
Upon hearing this news i was aghast
And finally she supports the Green New Deal
And Green infrastructures a superb ideal
How far can we carve into matter?
Sell bogus dreams, ourselves, our love?
How long can we pretend
And bring new generations on this planet
In three thousand years
Of civilization
There has been three hundred
For peace
But not a real peace
Just a preparation, a breath
For war
How long can we ignore
Our tribe and what lies inside
Religion divides the masses
With false belief, a false coin
That the individual has not achieved
To find Truth
You have to stake your life
Climate change? Evolutionary craziness. If you ask me.
I guess this shows how gullible the masses can be.
Yes, actually Tuesday it was sixty-two below.
This is Saturday, and the sun is a beautiful glow.
Alexis says we may have a high of fifty-one.
Bring your swimsuit. We will tan in the sun, and well.
Climate change? I laugh, do tell. Straight from the bowels of …..
Written February 2, 2019 Contest: Pithy Pants 2
Sponsor: Maureen McGreavy