Zadown Posted October 29, 2001 Report Share Posted October 29, 2001 rows of scientists herd evil spirits before them cast the world again from steel and stone mutter to their beards spells that kill mysteries the wolf that ate the sun was overrun by the movements of the moon black death the fury of ancient gods was claimed by rats and bacteria spoons do not bend by force of will ether has been written away and fire can burn without phlogiston everything shrinks to formulas scripts written in the poetry of mathematics symbols and operators but still there walk among us those who can see behind the surfaces to whom coincidences are the magic of the mundane they set us free from the shackles of the day they paint before us views from places that are not they are our dreams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peredhil Posted June 2, 2003 Report Share Posted June 2, 2003 Clarke's Law: Any sufficiently advance technology is indistinguishable from magic. the Moody Blues: Descended from the apes, the scientist-priest all say. Most people nowdays seem to think they understand reality, based on simplistic dribbles given to satisfy them in schools. But scientist and mathematician have become the priest and magician of the day, mouthing solutions which somehow work - and so they are accepted. I'm mindful it's all theory, and reality is redefined every generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasslehoff Posted June 4, 2003 Report Share Posted June 4, 2003 Not quite sure what Peredhil was saying, but I know this is the first of any of your poems I have read Z and I do like it. The concept of thought was definitly a good topic and one you can verse well with. Nice one . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayshela Posted June 4, 2003 Report Share Posted June 4, 2003 until such time as we can prove that we're not characters in someone's vivid dream, or part of a virtual reality experiment - until such time as we can *prove* that reality is real - it's *all* theory. the constant reformation of the theories and the reasons behind the movement is interesting. i *love* the scientists muttering spells. and the poetry of mathematics. Bless you for writing that, i had long since come to believe i was the only one who saw it so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Portrait of Zool Posted June 4, 2003 Report Share Posted June 4, 2003 Very well conceived and executed Z. Science continues to explain away one thing after another - but never really explains it. It's fine to understand how to organize data streams in wafers of silicon crystal, but quite another to convey the human spirit, touching true mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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