Evolution Poems - Poems about Evolution

Cars, we never had the luxury of cars, We would endure harsh conditions just to get to places. Places, we never had sleek structures, Our buildings were made of mud, unconducive for learning. Learning, you complain of stress, The only things we had were books. Books cause we never had the internet, We would sweat in the library just to get facts. Facts,...

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"Written" There is a rhythm to us, a quiet knowing in the spaces between. Not hurried, not forced just the gentle pull of something timeless, written long before we knew. Your warmth lingers in my days, a soft light in the places I keep hidden. I do not chase it, ...

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Freedom must be won Oppression beaten and done; Let’s follow Heron: Let’s make revolution live; Defeating oppression’s jive:- Come revolution, Heal syndrome’s devolution; Curing delusion: It’s time for revolution; Let’s get to liberation:- We’ve survived much worse Of the oppressor’s dam curse; Now’s too, we will burst: Liberation’s spring is here; We’ll be fighting without fear:- Now, its you folk’s call, To deal with that choice by y’all; Least all your hopes...

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The Golden Mean A simple mathematical ratio: 1.1.618 All nature in its simplicity follows this mean Shapes pleasing to the eye All in natural proportion Flowers on a plant Leaves on a tree Nautilus spiral shells on a beach Human ears on a head Eyes on a face Studied by mankind for millennia Mathematicians and artists Architects and builders Musicians and scientists Have all copied the Golden Mean Randomness...

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(“Still Life”, 2021, original encaustic) A World of Thoughtforms Caught in cascade tumble Splashing here there Without time to collect my self Let alone thoughts What is up becomes down And down up. As I fall Bits and pieces Are left scattered Splashed onto shores Evaporating into nothing Leaving only flow. Somehow in the process One is made greater With their losses Stripped of identities Like so many badges Of false honor. Not greater...

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new year, new you preposterous poppycock seasoned you shines through ...

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What’s natural is rarely kind. It’s what grows in leaps and bounds From chaotic paranoia in the abstract To orderly mitosis in the particular An avalanche of exponential divisions Until all resources are consumed All space filled And the cancer of desire Meets its end. Death is the end after all And likewise the beginning Each moment needing a start and stop Somehow jumping...

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Long, long ago in the dense warm rainforest where our ancestors swung from treetops in the canopy, someone fell - a slipped grip, a jammed finger or caught tail - down, down down they must have caught hold of a branch or a vine, or the hand of another of their species, a friend in a time of need because two hundred thousand years later and all seven billion of us have had that dream - falling, falling only...

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Side A: Players of an album made... Vinyl, cassette, CD. Audio output displayed To ears of you and me. Mono in the days of old For output of a song. Better mixing would unfold When stereo came along. Physicality was more Abundant way back when. One went to the music store To buy albums - and then... Side B: ...after years of being sold In shops to you and me, Music...

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Tying stone in a shaft to crack a nut there must have been cheer Now,hitting by projectile thousands mile apart in ambience of fear Imagine the warmth in skin when they sewed two pieces together Now we grief over burnt skin through grinades and trigger pulled over There must have been alliance among beings when...

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Beta and the VHS Could not be beaten years ago. A childhood of watching tapes... These were standard video. Then throughout my teenage years The DVD was made. The quality was noticeable Because of this upgrade. Discs progressed over more years... Along came the Blu-ray. Evolution yet again Of picture and display. Ultraviolet and 3D... Digital copies too. Many ways to watch a film... These are just a few. These days,...

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‘Continuous cycle of life is going on subject to inevitable evolution through a blind unplanned process ‘ -poet. Void ~ Big Bang explosion ! Creation of Space, Energy, Time. Life starts. Evolution : Diversity Mortality and Extinction to Reformation. Soul sprouts on illusive Emotion. Blind unplanned process cycling continuous. ...

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"Evolution of My Life“Evolution of My Life” In Upstate New York's rustic veil, A warrior's story slowly starts to sail, A tale of scars that won't subside, Of PTSD's heavy, crushing tide. A veteran, 39, with eyes that roam, Haunted by memories of distant home, Migraines and TBI's relentless toll, Residuals of war's cruel role. Substance abuse and insomnia's dark night, Depression's shroud, a constant...

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Within TIMELESS ILLUSION of life and dreams Where our human consciousness winds its path Through history and mystery Establishing the known to answer the unknown The BLOSSOM of purpose SWIRLING in transformation Evolves and grows with the grace of flowers Relying on the breath of nature to take its course Into some inevitable perfect state In our will of becoming flawless...

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Listen up, 'cause I'm about to break it down From caveman to spaceman, desires abound Security, survival, that's where it begins Food, water, shelter, protection from our sins But we ain't stop there, oh no, we expand Love, knowledge, purpose, and creativity are in demand We grow, we learn, and we strive to be more Leaving our mark on every distant shore Then...

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