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Best Isaac Asimov Poems


Premium Member Whither To, Icarus
How high can we fly?
     (After all, we must try!)
     Like the mythical Icarus
       Can we touch the sky?

     Yo, the answer is 'Yes.'
   ...

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Categories: isaac asimov, flying, sky, space,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Rest Is Yet To Come
Isaac Asimov wrote of scenarios unimaginable 
   Robot companions and industry-wide takeovers
His 1940 classic, "I Robot," is now quite actionable
   If anything, a bit outdated, ripe for a make-over

In the 1950's we marveled at the audacity
   A woman totally...

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Categories: isaac asimov, future, science, science fiction,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Beware the Banning of Books and Speech
I’m not sure what’s happening in this country…sometimes I think it’s being overrun by fools…in some states they’re banning books…in my state, Florida, they’re banning talking about gender and sexuality in schools.

While closing up the bookstore the other night I was thinking how crazy can...

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© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: isaac asimov, freedom,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member This Week
*** THIS WEEK ***

(“If my doctor told me I had six minutes left to live, I wouldn’t 
brood.  I’d type a little faster.”  Isaac Asimov)

The sliced portions of this week
Collapsed, an almost eloquent fall
Into a slow-motion slide 
Of morsels
Then, still unnoticed, on into
The...

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Categories: isaac asimov, encouraging, endurance, imagery, metaphor,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things