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We Are Intrepid Travelers of Space

Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)

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A global journey
Traversing the Milky Way
Our seatbelts fastened
By Earth’s magnetic impulse
We — intrepid travelers.

About this poem

We are intrepid travelers of space. As Homo Sapiens, the physics of space travel is umbilically generated and genetically imprinted alchemically within our innermost beings. We live and breathe with the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water that comprise the basic composition and raw materials of the universe. We are integrally connected to and inseparable from the Big Bang. We are a connected unit of oneness that is ever expanding into the future.

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Written on August 19, 2022

Submitted by karlcfolkes on August 19, 2022

Modified on April 22, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 123
Words 20
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
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Karl Constantine FOLKES

Retired educator of Jamaican ancestry with a lifelong interest in composing poetry dealing particularly with the metaphysics of self-reflection; completed a dissertation in Children’s Literature in 1991 at New York University entitled: An Analysis of Wilhelm Grimm’s “Dear Mili” Employing Von Franzian Methodological Processes of Analytical Psychology. The subject of the dissertation concerned the process of Individuation. more…

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