An Age In Retrospect (Take 3) (poem) by Paul Williams on AuthorsDen

An Age In Retrospect (Take 3)
by Paul Williams → (All Poetry by Paul Williams)
Rated "G" by the Author.

Save

Here's the third and final part of An Age in Retrospect, and the latest addition to TFTA...lets hope it's all an illusion...ooeer missus!

An Age In Retrospect (Take 3) 1963 �A king loved by his subjects had a dream�to found a new Camelot� it was only a dream.� A man ready to reveal that hidden from the world a beacon against the darkness on show to his happy people, banners unfurled. �Oh the folly of dangerous days.� The empire of shadows were displeased and struck down the �truth-giver� with treacherous ease� Deceptive wars were being fought on false fronts, the enemy was not the enemy. He was like the rest, just prey in a global hunt. 1966 The World turned with LSD and Mescaline mind founding a new revolution of the Aquarian kind, warriors with gestalt awareness�protested, as minstrels sang a song of freedom, an illusion as best can be attested. 1970-2000 The cauldron of culture grew and grew, into the pot went the industries of the popular, economic growth, and a war or two. All the essential ingredients in a recipe of distractions, needed for a human stew. Designed to keep enquiring minds from knowing what we knew that was reserved for the chosen few. �And so like the Salmon eating its way up rapids hungry to die, we rushed toward technocratic utopia. Lost in our hubris, unaware of the paradigm shift like the Atlanteans past� and like them, for us, it was too late, the die had been cast.� A New Millennium dawn� The Sun rose with new hope above the horizon of need but it was just another illusion from a century of greed. And when giants fell amidst the crystal canyons of the American dream�well? The World present day... Watching our imagined reality on digitised TV, And there, in our blindness we see, �Another murder, another bombing.� The new religion the politics of the gun, chaos and disorder parameters set by the �New World Order.� Conjecture and confusion adds to the mix enhances the illusion, adds to the fun. A communication revolution or a devolving of human evolution under panoptic control? The agencies of light and dark now fight for your very soul. �Welcome to the beginning of the End of Times. ��And cut! That�s a wrap!� P. Williams �2005

Reviewed by Andre Bendavi ben-YEHU

Reviewed on April 9, 2006

I was thinking this "An Age In Retrospect" series would at least count to ten... I read "Take 1" and Take 2", and was impressed with the presentation of the subjects dealt, and the message conveyed.

"An Age In Retrospect (Take 3)" completes the TRIO ~ and the combo message, ~ which makes me think of CANTERBURY, VATICAN and the UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL. I also see an ARROW indicating a FILE-ROOM, where one can read their CONSPIRACY, and all on their POGROM against MANKIND.

On this century of poetic REVELATION, "An Age In Retrospect (Take 3)" this series did reinforce the assurance given to the Poet by the Grace of The Mother Poet ~ by intuition, when he listened to the song of wisdom.

Creativity and Courage, Poet!

Gratefully,

Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU

Reviewed by Retta (Reindeer) Mckenzie

Reviewed on January 3, 2006

So very powerful and all too true! This is outstanding! A very sad commentary on our very existence!

Reindeer

Reviewed by C. McGovern-Bowen

Reviewed on December 27, 2005

Ah yes, all those distractions to keep thinking folk from focusing too much on the course of human devolution...
Very well said, Paul.
Merry Yule to you! Love Winter Solstice!
Carolyn

Reviewed by Aberjhani

Reviewed on December 19, 2005

Quite an extraordinary "wrap" at that! A brilliantly inventive, audaciously imagined, and powerfully executed work. There's probably more intriguing implications here to consider than most of us are comfortable with but good literature has a way of pulling us out of our comfort zones and forcing us to entertain new possibiliities and perspectives. Thanks for sharing such a great write.

Reviewed by The Smoking Poet

Reviewed on December 14, 2005

Paul, you have a fascinating epic in the works here. One that inspires shivers... perhaps, and hopefully, also with warning to be heeded.

Reviewed by Nordette Adams

Reviewed on December 13, 2005

Okay, sci-fi prince. You went for the brass ring. :-) Did you see EPIC, Paul. http://nexus.writingjunkie.net/rs.html I forgot to ask? You can view it at the link. I think you'll like it.

Nordette

Reviewed by Phyllis Jean Green

Reviewed on December 11, 2005

Perceptive and wonderfully well worked out! I am particularly taken with the first stanza of l970-2000. B r a v a, B r a v a !! 'Pea' <3

Reviewed by Robin Ouzman Hislop

well doncaster's not far from me this is a fine & deep bit of writing
i'll save & cover the rest anon & get back more saludos

Reviewed by Regis Auffray

Reviewed on December 10, 2005

This seems starkly ominous and yet undeniably real. Thank you, Paul. You've expressed this like a prophet. Love and peace.

Regis

Reviewed by Andy Turner (Reader)

At least I got to see England win today..

Technocrat's. I like that. A dark and stark reality you conclude here old boy.
Very Orwellian...

Reviewed by Kate Burnside

Reviewed on December 9, 2005

Too real, too true, too... "Help! I'm A Celebrity! Get Me Out Of Here!" (Brit reality TV, folks!) Well, reckon I'm just about ready for a spot of dimensia, myself... for going back to Hair and trolls and loons - but, bugger me, Tony Blair has already done it! "Cut" seems a very good idea... and have you a bunker underground somewhere near you that I can come and share when The End Draweth Nigh? At least Consequences might be fun! And that picture looks like what the laser beams print all across me front for the daily radiotherapy... except instead of circles it looks rather more like a barometer... "If you want to take me temperature", I says, "there ARE easier ways...!!" :)) Who says the Brits are mad? Keepsmilin Kate xx

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes

Masterfully done Chuckie!!

Great offering!!

Love Tinks

Reviewed by Carmen Ruggero

You've put a lot of thought behind this. It is an itelligent and very well crafted piece of work. But I pray you're wrong. I really hope the movie is a box office failure.

Carmen :-)

Reviewed by George Carroll

Well done and let's hope for better days ahead.

Reviewed by E T Waldron

Wow! That's quite a wrap Paul! Astounding work, can't say that it
isn't a true depiction of our times, even while I maintain the hope it could change. If...;-)

Love,
Eileen

hungry to die, we rushed toward technocratic utopia.

A New Millennium dawn�

The World present day...