Sunday, October 25, 2015

Intergalactic Meeting

I sometimes wonder what our neighboring planets' inhabitants think about us and the jokes they tell between themselves. Why? I just read another dismal article on our mistreatment of our Earth. Now scientists are reporting plastic in our seafood (see Sahagun, Louis. "Plastic in seafood? Evidence runs deep." Sun-Sentinel. 25 October 2015. 11A).

 I am especially concerned about what they think about our space exploration programs in light of how we treat our Earth. Can you imagine an intergalactic meeting to discuss Earth and probably how to stop the humans from polluting the universe?

"Did you hear that Earthlings was jealous of Saturn for its gassy ring so they put a ring of garbage around Earth?" Asked the Jupiter being

"No and all this time I thought they were being careless with their waste. They didn't want to waste space on their land so they just used space!" - Martian.

"Damn they've pierced our acidic veil and probing our planet to see if it can sustain human life!"- Venetians on hearing the sad news that Earthlings' scientists have used heat sensors to determine that volcanoes on Venus are signs planetary neighbor is active.

"At least you got an acidic veil and they only can probe from the outside. With us, they have landed and have some vehicle roving about, spying on us. Our Intel has informed us that they found out we have flowing water!"- Martian.

"You two morons are in the same galaxy as those Earth morons. We're how many light years away and our Intel tells us they find us Earth-like. On top of that, our Intel tells us now their garbage has polluted their food and they're building better passenger space crafts so we're damned for being Earth-like" - Kepler-186f being.

"As if they are the only beings in the galaxy!"- Pluto-being.

"Go back under your rock in the Kuiper belt! Mature planets are having a conversation."- Martian

"You're just as bad as those Earthlings who demoted us from planet in this galaxy although our Intel tells us we will be reinstated to planet soon so their young ones will once again remember us by the mnemonic device: My Very Earthly Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets"- Pluto-being 
Imagine yourself from another planet, what would be your comments about humans on Earth? In the meantime, here's a poem between Venetians and Earthlings:



Saturday, October 24, 2015

A Certainty

Bereavement Poems - MuchLoved

www.muchloved.com/.../bereavement-poems-and-funeral-readings.htm
These include traditional poems such as Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep, Remember and Epitaph on a ... To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: .... They watch us and help us to cope with our grief

After Loss, Turning To Poetry For Grief And Healing : NPR

www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126282089
Apr 27, 2010 - The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing, Young's anthology, came out earlier this year. Early in the ... Stephen Dobyn's poem "Grief" employs a simple metaphor in its opening stanza: Trying to .... taking you away,

POEMS FOR BEREAVEMENT - RECOVER FROM GRIEF LOSS

www.recover-from-grief.com/poems-for-bereavement.html
Explore our collection of poems for bereavement. You'll find ... BEAUTIFUL POEMSABOUT GRIEF AND LOSS .... Speak to me in the easy way you always used

Bereavement poetry helps the grieving process

www.mtn-view.com/2014/11/bereavement-poetry-helps-grieving-process/
Nov 4, 2014 - Bereavement poetry is poetry that you can use in a tribute, a memorial service, or an online tribute site as an approach to manage the loss of a ...

All these articles plus I've often found writing to be quite therapeutic so I will be writing! In the meantime, here's a poem:


Saturday, October 10, 2015

Darkness Descends

Who said that "doing the same thing again and again is the definition of insanity" needs to work at my workplace where that is the norm. And no, I don't work at an asylum or is admitted to one. It's my position on the ladder: bottom rung, the place where the leaves get blown from all the neighboring (bosses) yards. So if my boss, my boss' boss, the other manager, HR manager etc. wants to pretend that I haven't already sent them me a spreadsheet two weeks ago and asks me for the spreadsheet again, I'll forward to them that email again. Yes, I keep emails for that very purpose. Therefore mails I send to certain ladder rungs must be kept for date-time stamp.
As I stumble in the darkness known as the workplace, I dream of seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Here's my poem this week:

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Space

In the last several weeks have read so many news article about space:

  • Khan, Amina. "Volcanoes on Venus are sign planetary neighbor is active, scientists say." Sun-Sentinel. 28 June 2015. 5A
  • Achenbach, Joel & Davenport, Christian. "Failed launch is setback for industry of the future." Sun-Sentinel. 1 July 2015. 6B
  • WSVN. "Little Pluto bigger than scientists thought as flyby looms." Via http://miami.suntimes.com/mia-news/7/97/270156/little-pluto-bigger-than-scientists-thought-as-flyby-looms-2
  • NASA. "NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today's Mars." 28 September 2015. Web at https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-confirms-evidence-that-liquid-water-flows-on-today-s-mars

And so many other articles that I skipped over. Then I saw a TV ad about a movie "The Martian." Is this propaganda to brainwash us in setting colonies on other planets?  Why are us humans spending so much to explore the universe for earth-like worlds instead of taking care of our Earth? All this talk about space exploration has me wondering what aliens think of humans. Here's my take: