We observe the mysterious design of nature’s matrix
Maneuvering into the atmosphere of our tired thoughts,
Uncovering the significance of life’s unfolding tale
We marvel at the rings of Saturn, the ballet of the amoeba,
Earthworms burrowing through the soil
We witness an octopus preying on moray eel,
The labor of a honey bee
Obsessed with the latticework of hexagonal cells
We survey grass growing, enjoy the fruits of creation,
Recognize the swapping over of sun and moon
We examine the flow of volcanic lava,
Our minds transforming into symbiotic steam
We consider our planet’s evolving blueprint
Appreciating the spontaneous plan
Of order and chaos
Wondering how long balance will survive
For we live in times when beauty
Is commingled with fear
Dreams of a vanishing paradise
Are disguised as a garden in Disneyland
Persona devotion slithers down
Trees and black flowers
Bargaining with the kingdom of darkness
For the portal of vanity, power and greed
We speculate when and how terror riders of the nuclear dawn
Will light the sky with the unthinkable
We wonder about natural world and the temperament of our souls,
About the state of affairs growing in the collective mindset
Exposing the character within us
Exploring the nature we share
I FEEl I am watching the Discovery Channel!
This was Excellently written Jude!
YOu have displayed many Blessings,
we all should want to forever keep alive!
Awesome imagery!
WArmly,WArrior Lady SheeeOOX
WArmly, WArrior Lady Sheeeoox
BE SAFE!
STay Positive!
On the Poetic Role is analagous to culture being able to change on its own terms, adopting beneficial aspects of the ancient world and rejecting intrusions which can only harm our spirit and heritage. The earth's tired soils reveal that there are other possibilities, other ways of thinking and living with peaceful Earth. We need to listen to vocabulary based on the wind and know that the shaman journeys beyond the Milky Way...very rhythmic words here, Jude...a drumbeat of our collective mindset for sure...
Your words certainly make one stop and consider all we are and why we spend so much time destroying what has been offered and given throughout the history of life on earth.
Whether we've made it or it's simply a creation by nature, man has managed to bring destruction to it.
Grand writing Robert.
It is given and as only the human can do, it is destroyed. Very deep thought provoker Jude. You obviously live close to hope. Nicely done.
Reviewed by J M (Reader)
Reviewed on May 8, 2007
Poetic deliverance and awarness to the state of woe this earth we both enjoy and use has come to.
"We wonder about natural world and the temperament of our souls,
About the state of affairs growing in the collective mindset
Exposing the character within us
Exploring the nature we share "
Excellent Jude.
A poem of two parts... how effortlessly we are called to observe with you the marvels of the natural world which surrounds us, and of which we are necessarily a part. And then that clever turn:
We consider our planet’s evolving blueprint
Appreciating the spontaneous plan
Of order and chaos
Wondering how long balance will survive ...
When all that is natural is superimposed by the imposter, the man-made unnatural and synthetic. Here the tone is different and the effect is as when the lights go up on worn and harried party-goers in the seedy hours of the late night, spewing the guts of what the "beautiful people" have become in the cold light of morning after a night of heavy revelry. Only much, much worse.
I like the voicing in this one - both collective and intimately personal in the "us", leading us into the truism that we are both those personally accountable for this world's long-term outcomes, and collectively a part of the general and objective state of the world in both its wonder and its woefulness. This consideration, in turn, leads us into the double-entendre of the lines in the final couplet, exposing the character both at work in the world and in us; exploring the natural world around us and an inherent personal temperament that it at once inclusive and potentially exclusive.
A self-reflexive write that echoes and reverberates, exposing, exploring and digging deep, like what the Poetic Roll is and should be: a steady drumbeat, quickening the heartbeat... taking us out of the downbeat and into the upbeat... Something like that, anyways... TY Kate xx
It's true, now all natural pleasures are mingled with natural apprehension. So well written Jude.
Reviewed by Andy Turner (Reader)
Reviewed on May 7, 2007
It is the imaginations of the arts, that make life richer, when man stops thinking on higher plains then................
Reviewed by . . (Reader)
Reviewed on May 7, 2007
We are as multi-dimensional as the universe around us. Our exploration of those dimensions leads us forward into the discovery of what we truly want and who we really are. Observing the wonderments and catastrophes around us will only confirm our true character. Very nice verse. t y & t c
Reviewed by Joseph* OneLight*® (Reader)
Reviewed on May 7, 2007
Hey Ace,
This poem is an awesome tribute to poets everywhere. May our numbers grow and may our collective thoughts serve to pollinate this world with seeds of heaven on earth!
Jude, this is a great write...it caused this reader to stop and read each line careful and visualize it in my mind. "We wonder about natural world and the temperament of our souls, about the state of affairs growing in the collective mindset." These lines says much and made me stop to think about my own temperament within my soul...did it passed the test? This is an emotional and profound poem.
"on the Poetic Role" is the poets fundamental merging of a raison d’etre, recording the emotional impact of existing in this time...
Another Fantastic masterpiece, Jude~
Thank you for about a million thoughts!
Love and Peace~
Kimmy~
Reviewed by Butch Howard (Reader)
Reviewed on May 7, 2007
I have never heard a more comprehensive description of what poets do. The last two couplets are my favorites:
"We wonder about natural world and the temperament of our souls,
About the state of affairs growing in the collective mindset
Exposing the character within us
Exploring the nature we share." Outstanding piece, Jude!
Poets write what they see within their minds,
visions that escapes others, Nature is detiriating before our eyes
and no one hears our alarms, those that read of it, can only compliment the poet's ability to describe his thoughts
An excellent write Robert.
Peace
If man just could stop his breathless running towards progress and think, look around and see the state of things and people behaving toward each other...he certainly will choose another pace.
Very Good.
Georg
I love that We wonder about natural world and
The temperament of our souls
And your powerful ending!
But every stanza has a special mining
In the poetic Role
Outstanding poetic view of thoughts!!
Love And Peace to you always
Your friend...Morning Star
i like 'slithers down trees and black flowers bargaining...' really neat. and the closing lines especially 'exposing'... and 'exploring'. this one is really special and should win some award. thanks for sharing
I see even your poetry improves with a head start on your tan;-)Excellent analogies,in this powerful poem, Jude!
Eileen
Reviewed by LadyJtalks LadyJzTalkZone (Reader)
Reviewed on May 6, 2007
It is unthinkable that it would only take one person to feel they were doing God's work to destroy us all and it would be over. It's a good write with much of what comes into the minds of many. Lady J
Jude, Dale Clark hit it on the nail with her review. "I saw and was blind with fear." We each take so much for granted. Too much for granted. What comes next? The was a terrific write. Kind of explosive in insight.
Excellent take on the poetic role. I personally believe in the use of our observation skills for Listening Post/Observation Posts essential for communicating messages of........ - HB
I've read this three times already. It hits me harder every time I read it. Yes... we observe and wonder but what do we do? This is a powerful piece of writing.
This is such a deep and wonderful picture os our world. I really enjoyed this line "Dreams of a vanishing paradise are disguised as a garden in Disneyland".
Another powerful write by the master, it is true with all the boundless mysteries and magic in this world it is so amazing that man can spend so much time trying to destroy life. A lot of food for thought in this composition Jude and I will definately save to reread again and again.
You have given me encouragement to keep writing poetry and to freely express my thoughts on the beautiful and not so beautiful.
Thank you for this poem, so very well written.
Excellent as always Robert, your verse brought an old song to mind I think by Joni Mitchell where they cut down all the trees and put up a parking lot...yet your work delves so much deeper than this song, but remided me of such nonetheless..well done
In some way, I believe that being a writer encourages us to look beyond the wrapper of life and see what hides inside. I cannot imagine going through life and not seeing, smelling, tasting, hearing and feeling all that is offered to me. Behold the sunrise for once it is done, it will never again appear the same. Beautiful and aware poem, Jude, inspired by the heart and soul of a true poet. It is nice to be here long enough to read a few of my favorite authors again.
Take care,
Sherry
Perhaps "..Quiet Storm" will help rekindle old flames buried and long forgotten or express the love so deeply locked inside of your soul longing to be released.
Regardless of where you may be found in love this beautiful masterpiece can be
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This was Excellently written Jude!
YOu have displayed many Blessings,
we all should want to forever keep alive!
Awesome imagery!
WArmly,WArrior Lady SheeeOOX
WArmly, WArrior Lady Sheeeoox
BE SAFE!
STay Positive!
Contemplating the inner cosmos of us all!
Sage
Whether we've made it or it's simply a creation by nature, man has managed to bring destruction to it.
Grand writing Robert.
Lisa
Exposing the character within us
Exploring the nature we share
That says it all, Jude. Awesome write.
~hugs~
Karen
"We wonder about natural world and the temperament of our souls,
About the state of affairs growing in the collective mindset
Exposing the character within us
Exploring the nature we share "
Excellent Jude.
Peace,
Josie
Blessings,
Joyce Bowling
We consider our planet’s evolving blueprint
Appreciating the spontaneous plan
Of order and chaos
Wondering how long balance will survive ...
When all that is natural is superimposed by the imposter, the man-made unnatural and synthetic. Here the tone is different and the effect is as when the lights go up on worn and harried party-goers in the seedy hours of the late night, spewing the guts of what the "beautiful people" have become in the cold light of morning after a night of heavy revelry. Only much, much worse.
I like the voicing in this one - both collective and intimately personal in the "us", leading us into the truism that we are both those personally accountable for this world's long-term outcomes, and collectively a part of the general and objective state of the world in both its wonder and its woefulness. This consideration, in turn, leads us into the double-entendre of the lines in the final couplet, exposing the character both at work in the world and in us; exploring the natural world around us and an inherent personal temperament that it at once inclusive and potentially exclusive.
A self-reflexive write that echoes and reverberates, exposing, exploring and digging deep, like what the Poetic Roll is and should be: a steady drumbeat, quickening the heartbeat... taking us out of the downbeat and into the upbeat... Something like that, anyways... TY Kate xx
This poem is an awesome tribute to poets everywhere. May our numbers grow and may our collective thoughts serve to pollinate this world with seeds of heaven on earth!
Love & Light always and in all ways,
Joseph*
Another Fantastic masterpiece, Jude~
Thank you for about a million thoughts!
Love and Peace~
Kimmy~
"We wonder about natural world and the temperament of our souls,
About the state of affairs growing in the collective mindset
Exposing the character within us
Exploring the nature we share." Outstanding piece, Jude!
~Butch
visions that escapes others, Nature is detiriating before our eyes
and no one hears our alarms, those that read of it, can only compliment the poet's ability to describe his thoughts
An excellent write Robert.
Peace
William
Very Good.
Georg
The temperament of our souls
And your powerful ending!
But every stanza has a special mining
In the poetic Role
Outstanding poetic view of thoughts!!
Love And Peace to you always
Your friend...Morning Star
Eileen
Carmen :-)
Powerful and sad!
"beauty...Is commingled with fear"
"...nuclear dawn Will light the sky with the unthinkable"
Extremely thoughtful.
Fee
Love, B&R
Chrissy
Thank you for this poem, so very well written.
for the portal of vanity, power and greed...
You have summed up the present state of affairs in this world. Excellent
Thanks for sharing my friend!!
Love Tinka
thanks,
Dan
Allen
I've been on the Poetic dole for a few years... nevermind ;-).
Ron
I think all of us should think about it. Everyone should understand:
"Dreams of a vanishing paradise
are disguised as a garden in Disneyland"
Terry
Take care,
Sherry