Frank E Gibbard Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 (edited) On balance my tipping is towards science The probability in otherwise uncertainty is That we are descended from a primordial Slime and antecedents that prefigure time And personally won't believe in anything Animate that did not breathe or ever live I have hitched my star to the two wise men Hawking and Dawkins who offer scholarly Gifts of cold common sense and demur the Biblical explanation of our mortal creation. I've a certain notion that mankind's mother Many times removed arose out of an ocean I am not liable to give credence to any book Of ersatz history that took millennia to cook Edited September 9, 2010 by Frank E Gibbard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Ah Frank, Witty, clever and filled with humanist wisdom- You out did yourself Frank! Many Thanks, DC&J Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank E Gibbard Posted September 10, 2010 Author Share Posted September 10, 2010 Much appreciated by me DC. THANKS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 A sonnet, Frank? I would characterize it as such; the pithy couplet sums it all up. "Ersatz" is unexpected yet befitting. Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank E Gibbard Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 Tinker would tell you Tony 14 lines does not a sonnet make I know that much though no sort of student of poetic form. Thanks for the review Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Sorry, Frank, for calling your poem a sonnet. I'm always calling 'em sonnets unless they're haiku. Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumisong Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 'outdid yourself' YES! this was GREAT Frank! Loved it I'm always calling 'em sonnets unless they're haiku. LOL! Im going to use that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank E Gibbard Posted October 24, 2010 Author Share Posted October 24, 2010 'outdid yourself' YES! this was GREAT Frank! Loved it I'm always calling 'em sonnets unless they're haiku. LOL! Im going to use that Thanks belatedly rs. Love your ident pic. by the way. Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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