Society

what are you running from? by Klaus J. Gerken

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Klaus J. Gerken lives as a poet, author and publisher in Ottawa, Canada. The retired employee of DND – Department National Defence Canada – rocks. H. – J. John 29.09.2018 Love is just a four letter word. Bob Dylan 28.09.2018Let me remind everyone again – This is our Commander In Chief here in Canada: Julie … Read more

Poem without a title

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From Poem Without A Title

Canto XXVI

4 billion years ago
we weren’t here
it was only 2 million years ago
we crawled out of the trees
and first walked the savannah
followed the nile north
and cultivated the fertile valleys
of Europe and Asia
then crossed the bearing land bridge
and spread through
the americas
just over 200 years ago
did we discover the power of steam
just over a hundred years ago flight
then two world wars
and the mass media age was born
we seem to think our species
will live forever
(some god keeps telling us that)
yet i can’t help wondering
where we will be
4 billion years from now
when the sun goes nova
or should i really care

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Poem Without A Title

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poem without a title by Klaus J. Gerken

  Poem Without A Title by Klaus J. Gerken edited by Walter Ruhlmann © mgv2>publishing, December 2015 ISBN: 978-1-329-74041-9 Available:   LuLu.com Blurb: Klaus J. Gerken comes with a collection of poems where art and humanity are seen as a whole and come together in a deep vision, an epiphany. Modernity is inspired by what was … Read more