Thinking about Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds
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“The chances against anything manlike on Mars are a million to one,” he said. (Excerpt from the book by H G Wells.)
WATCH OUT, run for your lives ...the Martians are coming!
Well ...
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Categories:
manlike, music, science fiction, space,
Form: Free verse
Continuum - Part Two
...Climbing from the sands, velociraptors turn as one
Triceratops and stegosaurs arise to share the fun
And then they march en masse toward that briny maelstrom
And Adam Adams yells, “They’re heading...
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Categories:
manlike, future, humanity, time,
Form: Narrative
Near Death
...In the aftermath of giving birth I personally had a out of body experience.
Welcoming life into this world, Something went iffy. I could scarcely hear the sounds on the hospital’s speakers
code blu...
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Categories:
manlike, angel, baby, birth, blessing,
Form: Bio
With Eyes Stayed On the Prize
...Out of you and me,
The colors of our skins
And our humanity,
Comes the scarred history
Of the home of the brave
And the land of the free;
Where it always was held true
That in you and by you—
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Categories:
manlike, africa, allegory, analogy, black
Form: Prose Poetry
My Aminus Brain
...I am of soft, delicate skinned casing,
Housing an iron, logical facing.
I grant my femininity free reign
To follow dictates of my manlike brain.
My seductive charms can attract a man,
But he...
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Categories:
manlike, character, judgement, smart, strength,
Form: Couplet
Silhouette of Night
...Don't think it is all moonshine
She sees ,but a darkness too
Glide manlike over flagstones
That shine like her firelit eyes.
Think not of silence either,
But the scrape of a drawn bolt.
"Is tha...
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Categories:
manlike, dark, fear, loneliness,
Form: Blank verse
Bigfoot's Ancient Great Granddaddy
...Who is Bigfoot’s Great-grand Daddy?
Whether living in a city or on the mountain side,
People from the world around astound us with their views.
He’s nine-feet tall, a hairy thing, uprightly he f...
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Categories:
manlike, imagination, mystery, philosophy, religion,
Form: Quatrain