Earth Anthem Poem by Daniel Brick
Earth Anthem
Witness the fervor
of our enduring trust
in the Cosmic Order.
Planets, fire and sleep
riddle our fates.
They are Gaia's actual music
scored for human love or mortal hate.
By natural choice we are enthused.
Once in orbit we must
join the older sky-wanderers
returning along bent paths
to their rings of sleep.
We must unwind a double life
of time on earth and time in space.
Our destiny determines
this sense of flight
through vast silences of night.
Whether we stand rooted to earth,
looking up, or looking back,
from a careening space ship:
Let us praise
our sun-ripened skin, our moon-meshed nerves.
Let us enter
the dark cathedral of this holy earth.
Let us join
the spinning hymn of this sacred globe.
Let us raise
our jeweled hopes for this new age.
BTW *sunprincess* has a remarkable narrative poem called COME TAKE A JOURNEY WITH ME, in which she explores the concept of TIME through a variety of meanings and experiences. You can't go wrong with a poem which involves both Albert Einstein in the Think Tank and Alice in Wonderland, or is that Einstein in Wonderland and Alice in the Think Tank. See for yourself! It's an exhilarating ride!
Inno alla Terra Testimonio il fervore della nostra perenne fiducia nell'Ordine Cosmico. I pianeti, il fuoco e il sonno parlano per enigmi dei nostri destini. Sono la musica tangibile di Gaia assicurata per l'umano amore e il mortale odio. Per scelta naturale siamo entusiasti. for the whole Italian text: next Anthology ebook :)
This is a wonderful poem. Was it inspired by the Gaia book, or spaceship earth? It's kind of funny and quaint in this presentation: the combination of the futurism with the mysticism. I think there could be ways to deal with it even more subtly. Maybe beginning with the earth as a character, and the dreams while in her orbital sleep. How fragile this peace is, and she experiences for the briefest moment, a shortness of breath... the entirety of humanity. What is our contribution? I get that it's an anthem, I couldn't hear the music myself, which is unfortunate.
.........truly this is a great piece.... and I am very pleased you posted this one....I now have a clear picture of the story and the message this poem is trying to convey.....it is very nice and you should be proud of this write...truly enjoyed..
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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and I'd like to add: This is a futurist poem which combines an ecological reverence for the earth (the GAIA theme) and a prophecy of space travel and colonization. I have a poet friend who really liked the four 'Let us... ' anthems at the end but disliked the theme of Space. He said the poem was cluttered and confusing. But the response of another poet to it was very positive and she encouraged me to publish the whole poem. Questa è una poesia futurista, che combina il rispetto ecologico per la terra (il tema di GAIA) e una profezia di viaggi spaziali e della colonizzazione di altri mondi. Ho un amico poeta cui sono piaciuti molto i quattro inni ['Andiamo..'] conclusivi, ma che ha avversione per il tema dello Spazio. Per lui la poesia è disordinata e confusa. Ma la risposta di un altro poeta è stata molto positiva e mi ha incoraggiato a pubblicare l'intero testo.