Blood Type Of Space Poem by elysabeth faslund

Blood Type Of Space

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Matter...known, unknown.
Anti-matter...unknown...
Possible, probable.

Stars new-born.
Stars blooming
Into Red Giants...

Reversing, imploding,
Dragging space/light
To pinpoint origins.

Bodies of Space with
Timespans of life...
We live the same.

And space probes
Needle through
Orbital veins...

Withdrawing data,
Assimilating, disseminating,
Transfusing, assessing

Strata, Methane,
Latent bacteria, Hydrogen in voids.
But genotypes,
Mitochondrial DNA?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Ted Sheridan 22 June 2007

I ran and got my tinfoil hat just for this read...LOL. Good one.

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Marci Made 22 June 2007

Yet more to worry about from the effects of our space travel as we wander around in unknown territory.....This is some write, I could never put something so educated in thought process as this in poem form..~~~~~~~marci.xo

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Walt Martin 23 June 2007

Wow! The metaphoric association as relating to 'the void' (Is it a wave or a particle? ') , our own biochemical universe (our bodies) , and the non-paradox of the infinite (thinking Kierkegaardian) may well also find favor with Steve Hawking! Even the deepest secrets entwined in the double ascending spiral are spread naked, no longer inappreciable. Ah, yes, those energy pumps and their connections and cosmic tie-ins. How far in does one venture before one emerges? Mitochondrial DNA and abstract chimericism I know as function, form, and expression, but this! Right AND left hemispheric blinding brilliance? Have you known Huxley's final hour? I feel as though I should sit back in my form fitted seat and strap myself in before I even attempt a reread. A piece de resistance! ! ! The body - the mind - Oneness; Voila! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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Alison Cassidy 05 July 2007

I had to google your mitochondrial DNA and read the words 'female inheritance' with a smile. This is a splendid poem that appeals to those of a scientific bent as well as those with poetic passion - in equal measure I suspect. Fascinating how the more we learn about universal sources the greater is the mystery of 'us'. I like the short sharp classical style of this piece and the metaphors you add - like salt to a fine meal. I must read it again. love, Allie xxxxxxxxxx

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Melvina Germain 07 July 2007

The mysteries of Science and space captured in this wonderful space-odyssey poem, I like it very much.--Melvina--

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Elysabeth Faslund 28 August 2022

I am here. Please write to me and tell me what happened to this place!

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Elysabeth Faslund 28 August 2022

Just got a message that I have no idea of what it meant.

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Robert Howard 06 November 2007

I love the way the last two lines vault over the improbable and mysterious gap between matter and life. I have no idea how that chasm was bridged but am definitely in favor of it.

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James Niles 16 September 2007

Hmm, a trip to the linear accelerator and the observatory, without leaving my chair, and via a poem. God on one side and Einstein on the other, in case I get scared. Imagine that!

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Chuck Audette 27 August 2007

Have you seen Google Sky yet? Very cool, a fantastic voyage through the organism that is our universe, just like your poem! -chuck

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elysabeth faslund

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Thibodaux. Louisiana
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