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wranx
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Moved from a shack to a barn

0 posted 2005-04-12 08:26 AM


Its no easier to consider things sitting, shaded on the bank
than it was while walking in the city

Most nights, aimless and drunk
reflecting neon back onto the streets

No easier, merely quieter, calmer and safer
there being less chance of being shaken from reverie
by the sound of brakes trying hard not to run you over

Today’s consideration is one I’ve visited before
and lately, more and more often

“Man”, a creature created in the image of God

Versus

“man”, the happy accident, evolving

I, a man equally ignorant of both science and theology
am, in no way, the one to resolve it

But, the question remains
What, if anything
separates me from the beasts I share air with?

The opposable thumb, I imagine
is no more advantage to man, than the wing to a bird
or the wolf, his sense of smell

Nor, can I convince myself
that humans are the only ones aware of their “being”
or be certain that only we have philosophies

All creatures sleep, eat, drink and couple
each in their own fashion

And though we humans overindulge each
and seek to elevate the latter to the status of art
like our animal brothers, we are slaves to biology

So tonight I’ll decide that the key is in conscience
the innate ability to know the right thing
whether we choose to do it, or not

The one thing biology cannot explain
may be what sets us apart


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Seymour Tabin
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1 posted 2005-04-12 08:56 AM


wranx
We have gone from the elements of a star
To the creation of the God Ptah.
As the circles radiate to infinity.
Enjoyed the read.

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2 posted 2005-04-12 08:58 AM


So tonight I’ll decide that the key is in conscience
the innate ability to know the right thing
whether we do it, or not

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and I agree, what a perfect summation for this poem.  Well done Ed, so good to see your words again!

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3 posted 2005-04-12 09:35 AM


Prose....yet not prose...something I've been working hard to get the balances for. This flows with the patterns of ordinary speech, even though it's much more. Well done!

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Martie
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4 posted 2005-04-12 10:53 AM


Ed

Much thought went into this.....well done!!  

majnu
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5 posted 2005-04-12 11:41 AM


a little cliched, and not up to the sharpness you usually have.

and some one with training in both science and theology might suggest something, the we cannot YET explain many things is no surprise. But the growth of knowledge and the growth in its detail has been exponential since our species first became interested in such things. and that at least is encouraging.

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6 posted 2005-04-12 05:08 PM


i see you there Bro, sitting on the bank, knees akimbo.. your forearms resting upon them......pondering the Darwin fish.

Enjoyed this very much m'Bro

Mxx

and i knew in the crystalline knowledge of you
~Buckingham/Nicks

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7 posted 2005-04-12 06:15 PM


cool write
Local Rebel
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8 posted 2005-04-12 09:38 PM


I think the 'everyman' approach to this and the fact that it doesn't seek to resolve the 'big' issues is what makes it work.

Your conclusion isn't far from what theology would say.

I was glad I opened the thread.

Susan Caldwell
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9 posted 2005-04-13 03:09 PM


a pondering I have had many times..

well done.

"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

Aleta
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10 posted 2005-04-24 12:50 PM


Arguments many still thrive where one cannot prove beyond the other…  

I enjoyed how you start the poem off to bring the reader away from the city and to look at nature.   To find a quiet spot in the world beyond the manmade realm is to wonder at the value of our presence, no greater than that of a leaf falling in the breeze.  

Enjoyed the read..

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11 posted 2005-04-24 02:33 AM


nice write ed
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12 posted 2005-04-24 10:11 AM


To ponder the depth and the mysteries of existence is what we are meant to do, I believe. And in surrendering to what is we will feel the oneness in which we all share.

Well rendered.

Love, Margherita


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13 posted 2005-04-24 04:00 PM


Now you did it, I have to go think about this
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