Frank,
Will PB on here if that's okay. Liked it. It's a very rich poem. Yes the man
might get his message, but there is a loneliness there which applies to many
pursuits, poetry for instance. In the literal sense of trying to contact ET
it is also richly controversial. Don't think I like people trying to
broadcast our presence to any (albeit highly unlikely aliens). Not likely to
do us any good and great possibilities for harm if they did come. Look what
happened to the Tasmanian aborigines and the thylacines.
BW
Colin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Horwood" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: sub - a contact for astro-man
Hello Frank,
This piece has a nice energetic and flowing rhythm that moves
along smoothly and is easy to read. I also particularly liked the subtle
link between listening for life on other planets and religion.
Best wishes, Mike
--- Alkuperäinen viesti ---
a contact for astro-man
he's like an astro-man
at the wireless
sending messages into the sky
waiting for a contact
from far away
in places he has never been
but believes in
with a fervour
like religion
a kind of mania
that drives him every night
even when the sounds
start out with the oooo-eeee-oooo
that hints there'll be nothing out there this time
he keeps turning dials
and sending
heart-felt messages
once he thought he had a contact
with a shooting star
but it passed right through his signal range
so quickly
that now he wonders
and this time he's hoping
for a pulsar
that might hear him
and send a signal back
to say hello in static
or thrum a rhythmic beat
that will let him know for sure
he is not alone
in the universe
an astro-man
a pedant if you start him up
because he still believes
there'll be a signal out there one day
tuned in to his frequency
if he only searches hard enough
and patiently
there'll be a contact
from way out in the great nowhere
someone will hear him
~
Want poetry? Try my Tales of Faust web page at http://tales-of-faust.com/ .
Enjoy.
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