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Desiderata
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DESIDERATA

“Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what’s a heaven for?”
Robert Browning – from Andrea del Sarto



In 1995, Leonard Nimoy
bid us ‘go placidly’
from his ship in outer space,
bobbing boldly between planets,
conquering Mercury and Mars.

Was Spock rocked?

How hot were his lips,
how scorched his heart
and how burned
the palms of his hands

as he desiderare’d things
be well with all worlds?

Sat, as he was, in the heavens,
did he, like us, singe
searing stigmata into
folds of yearning flesh,

consumed by the constant toil
of dismantling final frontiers,
of de – down, the sidus – stars
in words and thoughts and actions,

hauling in his cosmic catch
of heaven-on-earth desires?



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 Reviews of "Desiderata"
Reviewed by Michael True
Reviewed on July 1, 2014
Grew up on Spock and company. I like your vision of a Vulcan consumed by the flames of his own hidden passion for science and the worlds beyond our mostly limited imagination. M.True

Reviewed by Charlie
Reviewed on March 8, 2014
Did you see that last movie, Kate?

...he shot right out of the lips of lava--
lovingly unmoved by danger
without the hint of passion in his posession
willing for dispersal, disappearance--
nondesperate, undespairing
conciderate, decided, decidido
desiderata...

I love how you play with words. So good to read your wiley writes again. --Charlie

Reviewed by KJ McPhee
Reviewed on March 5, 2014
Fascinating, Kate! spock would raise an approving eye-brow ....

Reviewed by Elizabeth Price
Reviewed on March 3, 2014
I can see Spock's eyebrow rise in this poem as he would question the universe. Searing fertile flesh with his touch...Love it. Liz

Reviewed by Diana Legun (Reader)
Reviewed on March 3, 2014
Intellegence radiates from this poem, Kate. A huge write. ~~ Diana

Reviewed on March 2, 2014
some great phrases in this one!

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on February 28, 2014
Now there you went and stole a title! (Tongue-in-cheek) Jude will get a kick out of this one.

Yes, Spock from another planet seemed to be filled with earthly wisdom. Now isn't that strange?

Ron

Reviewed by Debby Rosenberg
Reviewed on February 27, 2014
enjoyed this completely - combining Max E's beautiful philosophic poetry title upon Sci-Fi's iconic Star Trek. well done pairing.

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on February 27, 2014
i like this a lot ... it's fresh, unique and explores where no woman has gone before ... hmmmm ,,,

Reviewed by George Carroll
Reviewed on February 27, 2014
Don't know if we will live in a world like that, though to a scientist we are already in it. You capture the bold with the beautiful in the nuance of your thoughts.

Reviewed on February 27, 2014
Fantastic, Kate!!! Great poem!!!

Sandie

Reviewed by Budd Nelson
Reviewed on February 27, 2014
i just loved the word play here
budd

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on February 27, 2014
Though I'm not a Trekker, I did love the series very much. Spock was a very unique character inside the very unique world. The world could learn from him. Great wordsmithing here, Kate.

Reviewed by Mary Ann Biddinger
Reviewed on February 27, 2014
~Kate~
Spock ~ hauling in his cosmic catch of heaven-on-earth desires?
Well the stars only know. Well written Kate. xx

Mary Ann


Reviewed by Rafika Anderson (Reader)
Reviewed on February 27, 2014
Oh, Kate, as a bona fide Trekker, I have to love this piece. However, as a poet, I truly am enchanted by some of your turns of phrase, such as "consumed by the constant tiol of dismantling final frontiers." Now, that I can relate to from my own work, so it was fascinating to read and think about. Your ending is the best, too, "hauling in his cosmic catch." Just lovely! Keep up the great work!


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