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The Angel of History
The Angel of History Hindsight’s my forte, since backwards I fly In time in space but cannot turn my head To see the future. All those past events And characters – their causes and effects – That influenced the world since history Began […]
Annus Mirabilis
Annus Mirabilis (1984) Some years ago, my heart afloat on dreams, I sailed to bright Coolmela in the West, Where clouds of […]
Evolution
Evolution All things are atoms in a cosmic flux. Though almost insignificant alone, By their collective influence they form The sum of universal interchange In a closed physical environment. It is their interactions, each with each, That generate the […]
Blind Maze
Blind Maze It’s sometimes said that life is like a maze Of one-way doors through which we pass each time We start some phase in our experience And we must choose, or blindly guess, the prime Way forward and […]
Doubt and Faith
Doubt and Faith Doubt is a fact of life, we must admit. No-one who ever lived did not own doubt At some stage of hez life. And it seems fit That this should be; for we only find out The truth of things when […]
Under the Ice
Under the Ice Reputedly,Antarcticais 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, age-protected ceiling-floor. Yet, far more precious than these minerals are those […]
Vampiric Parasite
Vampiric Parasite Who has not seen that, when the moon is bright And full, it sucks the lustre from the stars Into itself, leaving them leeched of light And palely distant, through vampiric force; But on a moonless night the stars appear To […]