Tag: 2017

  WHERE NONE HAS GONE BEFORE   Though we arrived just yesterday In geologic time, Appears we’ve had too much to say, And none of it sublime.   Repeated cometary blasts, The forces needed to Turn species into fossils past When time was overdue.   Like plague of locusts, we can scourge Wherever we alight. Primeval ecosystems purge. We’re quite […]

  THE MYTH-ING LINK? (Based on Genesis of the Grail Kings, by Laurence Gardner, 82001)   Are we the progeny of a race Who weren’t terrestrial, but from space, Who intermarried with Homo clan And so created Cro-Magnon Man?   Are tales Sumerian more than myths (Perhaps 2001’s monoliths)? Were Anunnaki of whom they tell The Greeks’ Atlantean parallel?   […]

  ROMAN RUMINATION   I went to visit ancient Rome, But found it never fell. Its buildings may seem crumbled stone, But it’s alive and well.   Its mighty temples still exist Though in an altered form. Its rings of gold and amethyst Still fingers rich adorn.   For in the City Vatican The emperor still reigns, Descended from Octavian, […]

  QUESTIONABLE CHOICE   Gathered at the water hole Primates lacking hair. Cover selves from neck to toe Lest reveal what’s there.   Feeding till they’re satisfied, Drinking till they’re full. Elders showing sagging hides From the planet’s pull.   Try imagining these apes “Masters of the Earth,” Guzzling down fermented grapes, Adding to their girth.   Evolution must have […]