ALChemy
on Seekers by Dovina
16 Sep 2005, 7:18 AM
Ironically nature is usually the inspiration for building designs.
Besides if man is part of nature shouldn't manmade objects be. Aren't beaver damns part of nature.
I think mankind tries to make itself more special than it is.
I live just outside Charlotte.
Ya some of dem folk don't speak too clirr.
Like I said, to attract insects and birds for pollination. In that sense, they're as much a part of seed-production as beards or buttocks, especially the baboon sort. Yes, eyes were a bad example, but you wouldn't say beards have a lot of other functions, would you?
Cannery Row? *Googles*
"Novel by John Steinbeck, published in 1945. Like most of Steinbeck's postwar work, Cannery Row is sentimental in tone while retaining the author's characteristic social criticism. Peopled by stereotypical good-natured bums and warm-hearted prostitutes living on the fringes of Monterey, Calif., the picaresque novel celebrates lowlifes who are poor but happy."
I've never heard of it, but I'll take the extra points!
But eyes have many other functions. What other functions do flowers have?
Great. And you've been reading Cannery Row, too. Extra points.
I'm from Cold Mountain, NC. It sounds either like the word 'mere' or the word 'fir'. That is, 'round hirr.
Why not? Eyes attract males for purposes of fertilization. Flowers attract bees for purposes of fertilization. If you don't believe me, ask yourself, what part of the flower actually produces seeds? Is that really even part of the flower? What's all the rest for?
Wisdom teeth are relics from times when people ate grass. Here in Jordan, where people actually do eat grass, most people retain their wisdom teeth and lose the rest. True story. Extra grass-chewing ability allows grass-eating humans to survive to fertility and reproduce. But that's nothing like the eye argument. PS: Note the spelling on argument. You've gone on too long with your vestigial 'e's, frankly.
Wow, thankyou very much!
yes
This is great. Really draw out a lovely slow rhythm in the second part. Nice, subtle, beautiful.
I know line 3 its so true.
its a freakin classic and normally what i liked a couple of years ago isnt the same now (which can be said of some readers to my work). This is still so haunting and ripping out the guts of a grandfather clock shows your emotive qualities spilling over - this poem made me like you as a human and writer.
and how is it insane, even if it is wrong?