Celestia

CELESTIA

Awakening she tosses her head
Sprays forth freshsprung nebulae
Flares her noviciate novae nostrils
Sweeps her imperial gaze: aghast
As if not yet aghast; as if galaxies
Her heart an ever opening book
The ever primal word … Selah

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cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selah

cf. http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Great_Green_Arkleseizure*

* WordPress hasn’t built in an automatic link for this I’m afraid so it’s a case of cut’n’paste.

 

Sweet Neighbour

SWEET NEIGHBOUR

Whatever gift you might perceive
Some another has been gifted with
Is surely by definition also yours
Since elsewise how perceived?

Look within, my dear, discover
Both eternity and infinity
Patiently await you
As ever was

As ever was
Patiently await you
Both eternity and infinity
Look within, my dear, discover

Since elsewise how perceived?
Is surely by definition also yours
Some another has been gifted with
Whatever gift you might perceive

Honey Trap

HONEY TRAP

Beneath the surface
Shimmering halls of mirrors
Promise amazement!

Curiosity assuaged!
Infinite regress is all
A maze meant to snare

Wonderland (A Four By Six)

WONDERLAND

Alice’s tea party
Forever moving on
Infinity plus one
Defies mathematics

The Spring Eternal

THE SPRING ETERNAL

June has been and gone
Still busting out all over
Unrestrictedly

The End Of Capitalism Has Begun

THE END OF CAPITALISM HAS BEGUN

“Once you understand
that information is physical
and that software is a machine
and that storage, bandwidth and processing
power are collapsing in price
at exponential rates
the value of Marx’s thinking becomes clear

We are surrounded by machines that cost nothing
and could, if we wanted them to,
last forever.”

(This is not a poem but a shameless
reproduction of a set of words
arranged thusly by one Paul Mason.

I believe he will accept this
In the spirit
In which it is offered. 😉 )

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Please read the book. See:
http://www.alternet.org/economy/end-capitalism-has-begun?akid=13314.145212.z8N0mT&rd=1&src=newsletter1039595&t=13

Captivated

CAPTIVATED

Pesky boundaries
Are part of the illusion
If not the whole think

The Realm Of The Gods

THE REALM OF THE GODS

Dropping separation
One discards illusion
And yet without illusion
How to pass the time?

Now, Now, Alice

NOW, NOW, ALICE

Time’s a paradox
Absolutely relative
What future? What past?

Tick Tock Tock Tick … Pause
And fall down the rabbit hole
Dodgson’s wonderland
Awaiting eternally
That which is already here

First a senryu
In short order, a tanka
And then a second
Along with fifty-nine more
Leaving the Cheshire Cat’s smile

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Re. Now, now

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/now-now

Attainment

ATTAINMENT

Attaining a peak
One has a splendid view of
All the peaks beyond