Rodney Bartlett

Stanthorpe, Qld. Australia

In the 1970s, I was an apprentice printer at the local newspaper. Nowadays, I'm trying my hand at writing. These poems were inspired by about 14,000 words which I wrote for personal satisfaction, divided into 2 books called "Science Wish List" and "Science Fiction for the 21st Century" then placed on a computer network. As well, I have a regular column in a magazine called "Inspire." When a person loves reading about science (whether fact, theory, or fiction), it's natural to want to combine these aspects and the best place for self-expression would have to be the internet.

Four Faces of Kal

Kal-el was born on the world Krypton:
His Dad was Jor-el; his Mum Lara.
Their globe exploded and Kal was sent
to the Earth: the 3rd rock from the sun;
And to new parents: Jon and Martha.

Kal-el became Clark Kent, who got a job at the Daily Planet;
Of all the news that was news, Lois and Clark were the reporters.
A unique idea was aroused in his mind by the Internet:
Infinitely tiny pulses of energy fill all space-time
and unite to form objects, as if on the screens of computer.
(Computer pulses first form BITs; holograms form from cosmic pulses.)

Utilizing cosmic pulses, Clark performed super deeds.
Look! Is it a bird ... is it a plane ... no, it's Superman!
Faster than speeding bullets, in his bare hands he bends steel;
His abilities are far beyond those of mortal man.

Energy pulses comprise not just space but also time --
Intrigued by this, Kal-el left for the plains of ancient Greece;
Where they called him Hercules, performer of super deeds;
And where his insights into the coming millennia
made him a god, and bestowed upon him a super mind.

Super Evolving Creation

Supergirl started collecting soft drink tins;
In weight they were proximately 20 lbs. the scales told her.
Her final plan addressed cosmic origins;
But the first step is to use the photon accelerator.
Where, once upon a time, there was lemonade
The first of many mini black holes was made.

Via Einstein's theory, energy in a black hole 'condensed' into mass.
This particle was shredded by pressure into BITs of time-space.
Cosmic Computer's program/curves 'froze' (hologrammed) BITS together
Into other parts: of light, mass, anti- and negative matter.
Pursuing programs written with BITs (cosmic pulses) of time-space.
(Succeeding holes renew the cosmos, as computer images themselves refresh.)

Time travel thru cosmic wormholes of the 4th dimension of space
(thanks to newly realized quantum determinism) to superspace
Gave rise to her universe and to her world.
Supergirl is the instrument (from a number of pulses she is made)
But the sum of all pulses is God - so the true creator is ... God:
And divine energy includes that of girls.

All poems Copyright © 1996 Rodney Bartlett. All rights reserved.