good questions.
and lovely images
KS
On 15/10/2007, sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> What is it for, all this
> beauty? The curve
> of the spiral
>
> from the laddered
> twist of DNA
> to the vast wave
>
> of galaxies; the green
> luna moth, breath-
> taking & ordinary.
>
> Does the prey see
> beauty in its predator?
> Do gazelles admire
>
> the leopard? Does
> the seal lift
> its sleek head
>
> to gaze in wonder
> at the bumbling,
> lethal polar bear?
>
> Our science tells us
> how. Our science
> gives us reason.
>
> But why must it be
> beautiful? The aero-
> nautic miracle
>
> of the bumble bee;
> the passing brilliance
> of the butterfly. Surely
>
> predators would be
> more deterred by
> ugliness. The hideous
>
> and the platypus
> have their own glory.
> Humans have our
>
> own glory. Do other
> creatures adore
> the useless,
>
> the only gorgeous,
> the green wave
> of Northern Lights
>
> dimming the stars?
> The indented shadow
> of the heron's bath
>
> in a snowdrift? Why
> must it be beautiful?
> When we pass, with
>
> the bee, with
> the butterfly,
> with the polar bear,
>
> the leopard,
> the gazelle,
> who will grieve
>
> this deep and terrible
> loss? Who will delight
> in what comes next?
>
>
> --
>
>
> ~ SB | http://www.sbpoet.com | =^..^=
>
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