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Other Worlds
Other Worlds In the vicinity Of Vega and of Fomalhaut There are said to be Other planetary systems. If so, should we still doubt That evolution’s history, (Guided by Nature’s wisdom And human ingenuity), Will offer our posterity New places of security – Fresh paradisalEdens Or […]
Beyond Time's Spiral Wall
Beyond Time’s Spiral Wall As far as Hubble’s sharp, unblinking eyes can see – Through plasmic time and space towards eternity – Unending crowds of stars and galaxies appear, (With their attendant cloudy nebulæ), as clear As if they had ignited in […]
Under the Ice
Under the Ice Reputedly, Antarctica is rich in oils And minerals of every kind; sufficient spoils To whet our appetites in raw materials For industries. Constantly rise political Disputes over the ownership of such rare store Under its miles-deep, […]
Illusions?
Illusions? Some nights, from out the dark, I seem to see Dim flicker-lights of stars behind thin mists Which veil them from my focussed sight. Is this because I think they’re there, and so permit my brain To turn my thought into apparent fact?. Or is peripheral night-vision more acute?. […]
Relativity
Relativity Relativity As streetlamps like small thin dawns revealing Through first pink flush of insect-fluttered glow Their little worlds’ faint warm illuminings, Brightening the night with local radiance And spreading heat and light around themselves: Just so throughout the pathless universe there roll […]
Impossible Cuboid
Impossible Cuboid (After: M.C. Escher) The cube is simply outlined; just its form – A black void where its solid planes should be And all around its enigmatic shape – In spectral colours red, gold, green and blue, Contingently […]
Naturopathy
Naturopathy (For: Ana) When more conventional medical means Are ineffective, it makes sense to say: “Let Nature take its course, but with the help Of healing hands, pure essences distilled From pharmaceutic herbal remedies Prescribed according to the principles Of […]
Enigmatic Time
Enigmatic Time. (Adapted from: A Theory for Art) Does time move in spirals? I cannot say With scientific nicety; but sense Suggests it to my reason as I note How frequently event and circumstance Recur, almost coincidentally, In pages of recorded history And personal experience alike. […]
Free Will?
Free Will? Are human minds decisively supreme Or merely agents, not determinants, Of what was, is, or shall yet come to be?. Does each have absolute autonomy, Or is it just one element within Some vast, intergalactical design By what believers […]
Chaos
Chaos (After Chaos, by James Gleik, which asserts that chaos is not random but minutely structured and calculable) Chaos, (some say), is not what it’s been deemed For generations immemorial. Chaos has structure, (so […]