They took the measurement daily
Precisely on the stroke of noon
By bouncing a laser beam
Off the surface of the moon
The results were recorded
With great precision and care
Not just yet any reason for
Anxiety, worry or despair.
On the time scale of a human
Still Many eons and eons away
But on the Galactic time scale
Not much further than a day
The moon would escape from
The Earth’s weak gravity pull
And on that fateful day the Earth
Would feel the effects in full.
The delicate equilibrium
Be destroyed as it moved on
And green inhabitable Earth
Probably be irrevocably gone.
Mankind’s vanity of being special
Gone as it slowly died away
But on a galactic time scale
They’d existed less than half a day.
The planet would still serenely orbit
A world now ostensibly asleep
But who know what may be stirring
In the now static oceans’ deeps.
Categories:
inhabitable, extended metaphor, fantasy, fate,
Form: Rhyme
"what is this strange place, we find ourselves in
trapped in the open, we are free within"
We are strangers in this maze called universe
Knowing neither its length, breadth nor depth
We are, at the time, trapped on this planet earth,
Trying desperately, feverishly to escape its curse
And finding we explore only a confining grave,
We wonder aimlessly among the stellar skies
Searching for an inhabitable planet for the future,
While we slowly destroy what we will not save
Continually junking up our maze here and now
We discover we are junking up space we explore,
And while we search for an acceptable way out
It is time we accept our ignorance of the how --
Again, and over again, we repeat our histories,
Wander in a maze of possibilities, sharing stories.
NINTH PLACE WINNER
Written March 21, 2022
For “The Matrix” Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Unseeking Seeker
Categories:
inhabitable, earth, home, hope, perspective,
Form: Sonnet
Lest I forget the universe is revolving
And the earth is rotating around itself
Perhaps, we humans are still evolving
If not, when was a man but a tiny elf?
When did twenty-four hours a day make
And the earth start rotating around itself
How can news reports be honestly fake
Nothing quite as simple, though, as it seems
When did twenty-four hours a day make
Are those promises in my best schemes
Why are new ideas first placed on a shelf
Nothing quite as simple, though, as it seems
Is the universe really folding in upon itself
And the oceans devouring inhabitable land
Why are new ideas first placed on a shelf
Great questions flood in upon my mind
Lest I forget the universe is revolving
And I have so many answers to find
Perhaps, we humans are still evolving
Categories:
inhabitable, philosophy,
Form: Terzanelle
dreams come from heaven as
colorful flowers of world
to make surroundings striking
dreams come from heaven as
the impregnable sensuous fragrance
to make all serenaded aromatic
dreams come from heaven as
the sun, moon, far stars, galaxies,
solar system, planets, black hole,
the beautiful world to make this
inhabitable for all creations
dreams come from heaven as
morning, noon, afternoon, evening,
night, dark night to make us vigorous
in fine work and to take rest
peacefully in life
dreams come from heaven as
you, he and me to live we together
and to enjoy our lives in mutual
various cultures
dreams come from heaven as
vastness of sky, rainbow and
it’s beautiful colors to make us
happy under this vast mercy
dreams come from heaven as
human, the best shape creation
to be grateful always and to
worship our Almighty GOD
-November 15, 2018 Chattogram
Categories:
inhabitable, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
The Occupier
A wrong type of rabbits have invaded
the woods they are aggressive, intelligent
but lack empathy for those not as them.
The rabbits that lived before were smaller
the blue of colour and happy in their modest burrows
thrown out thrown out by the grey ones that
took their holes or made them inhabitable.
The original rabbits live in the corner of the woods
a place too near the road and are often run over
by cars and tractors.
The intruder rabbits originally came from Europe
but there was an attempt to exterminate them
so they moved south and had become a curse
hateful, murderous and intolerant.
The smaller animals in the forest recent this
but they have the boars on their side so little
can be done, but being psychopathic by nature
they eventually destroy themselves.
Categories:
inhabitable, blessing, blue, books, boxing
Form: Blank verse
Blossoms and sunshine
freshes of the spring
walk on the beach
light breeze
like a touch of heaven
youthening and,
trancelike.
divine ambiance
Children inventing sand castles
worry free and carefree
but a moment for families to be united,
a moment to be in a world
free of mayhem
dribbly
a distinctive universe,
inhabitable,
revivalistic.
Categories:
inhabitable, allusion, beach, beauty, holiday,
Form: Free verse
Bellowed meek presence, Surpassed adolescence
Of wanting the imaginable, Realization was the inhabitable
For did I not love myself enough, To seek what was the dream of
An imaginary place, My love cried for empty my space
Unsound love, In momentary pleasure thereof
It never did penetrate, Though womb like fate
Pleasure came pleasure left, G-spot repressed
Bought back to life at the same time, Empty stood the vessel mime
Enacted muse, A wanting give to lose
09/12/2016
Categories:
inhabitable, allusion, betrayal, body, conflict,
Form: Couplet
Warning Bell
Drops of rain
No more quench thirst
Rather lumps of fire
Flow through gullet of earth
Flora and fauna looks to be
At a loss!
And so does our cultivation!
Rivers and lake prescribe poison
The only inhabitable planet appears
Destined to turn to desert
If unbridled horses of smoke
Galloped with present pace,
Money won’t buy us back
Our collective well being!
Categories:
inhabitable, destiny, earth, earth day,
Form: Blank verse
They Walk Among Us
By Elton Camp
“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof” - Carl Sagan
The gullible will believe almost anything
From them, all kinds of wild ideas spring
Monsters reside in the depths of Loch Ness
Dinosaurs live in darkest Africa, they guess
Oh, they are certain for goodness sake
In many places there’s a large, erect ape
Our solar system has one inhabitable place
Yet, it’s invasion from deep space we face
Around many stars, we know planets rotate
But their distance from earth is very great
The immutable laws of physics have decreed
That the speed of light no object can exceed
Even if there is life on any planets out there
About enough food and water they must care
Even at light speed, years would be required
By the time they get here, they’d be expired
Yet many believe aliens have already come
“They abducted & examined me,” say some
Unusual claims there’s obligation to prove
“Put up or shut up” would such behoove
Categories:
inhabitable, science, light, light,
Form: Rhyme
Dedicate to human rights Mr. Anna Hazare activist that fought for free corrupt Indian society.
this poem is a result of my disappointment.
Inhabitable lineal consanguinity, paraphernalia under the subordination.
A resourceful visible Bond, to colonize the characteristic of vocation.
To command inhabited Living, to obtain Ledger of human grace,
Aristocrat, Barbarian excommunication, excellence of allocation.
Mom says,’ Son’ go and sleep’ rising Sun brings bounded calculation’.
Intensive, restraint viscosity reliance, consciousness of annihilation,
A grain roaster, provocative nobler, a big bundle of convocation.
Bubbling well being blazed meandering futurist contrivance face,
A winnover shabby, recommital mumpish, a rational versification.
A readymade self imposed Leader fatal solubility calcumination.
Mum says,’ Son, ‘go and sleep, optimist opportunist evaluating eternity’.
Mom never says,’ son, ‘go and fight’ recarnation is a mean formality’.
Categories:
inhabitable, caregiving,
Form: Sonnet
The unimaginable
The thing that is most inhabitable
Weary of loneliness
Scared by rejection
One without the right correction
remember perfect you are not
And realize how hard this war was fought
Categories:
inhabitable, imagination, mystery, sad, sympathy
Form: Free verse
One long night in space
waiting for sunlight that never comes
I stared out into my backward of stars
light-years from any inhabitable worlds
I had left behind my fate, along with my life
reborn again into oblivion, to find my place in the universe
like a grain of obsidian on a beach of white sand
How long before I go mad?
chasing after webs of dreams that may not exist
where is God sailing me off to?
or have I left him too, behind...
http://artcomet.blogspot.com/2010/01/poetry-prose-one-long-night-in-space.html
Categories:
inhabitable, fantasy, imagination, life, science
Form: Prose Poetry
Staring at the starry sky
Unobscured by a cloudy night
Wondering why
Are there so many lights
Only one earth
To millions of stars
Will someday there be a rebirth
To planets like mars
Giving them water
Life producing land
With many borders
That contain earth's sand
Will they be inhabitable
By humans and beast
Will they produce food palatable
For all to eat
Categories:
inhabitable, nature, places, science, space
Form: I do not know?