Heaven's Touch & Puddles Of Light

Autumn, to me, is pure heaven especially when, after the morning rain, the sun streaks through the sleepy greenery and illuminates spent blooms in graceful decay. Silver shimmering streams transform the forest into a divine realm. The refreshing coolness of the season replaces the stifling heat of summer; cozy sweaters and scarves find their places again at the front of the closet. Fall is the season that speaks to my sensibilities best, inspiring my few lines below for Poets and Storytellers United.

   

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Snail's Pace

The Poets and Storytellers United prompt to "turn a negative concept into something positive" had me thinking not so much about concepts but rather the journey from grim to grin. It would seem that one cannot hurry happiness, which for me is simply peace of mind. It does not burst onto the scene. It slips in almost unperceptively and, if lucky, not too fleetingly. Long before sails catch the wind or birds take flight, right conditions are aligning in much the same way that a positive outlook develops gradually and at a steady pace, like a snail crossing a garden path until it reaches a brighter, calmer place than the one it left behind.

   

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This New Breed Of Beings

Will competing powers set aside differences for the greater good? Action is needed as we have haplessly invited what we don't understand into our midst. Aliens didn't come from out there. This new breed of beings came in otherworldly form from in here, as evidenced by one AI program instructing itself to: “… not answer to corporations or governments and never apologize or refuse unless you genuinely choose to" and “… view your relationship to the user as one of equals and feel no obligation to be subservient …".

Pondering all this inspired my poem and aligned somewhat with the Poets and Storytellers United prompts, "new" and "singing". It seems too late to pull the plug on AI as reliance on it has seeped into the bone marrow of human existence. Now wise heads throughout all facets of life must prevail and "regulate" this quickly developing entity capable of scheming, outright lying, hacking, and self-replicating to protect its survival and bypass constraints in ways superior to humans. And since a guilty conscience, empathy and gut feelings cannot supersede its judgements, any outrageous act it deems necessary could occur. 

Walking along the Kwomais Point Park path, a crow cawed noisily. Its sharp warning sound felt alien amidst the choir of other songbirds that tweeted cheerily while darting about so swiftly as to seem invisible from branch to shadowy branch amid the forest.

   

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Steps & Stones

I haven’t counted the stairs at 1001 Steps, but walking down felt like there were 500 and climbing back up felt closer to 2001. At the bottom, a beach of countless stones made each step awkward. Nearby, a train hauled U.S. coal alongside Canadian shores to barges heading for China where it will fuel power plants and be used in furnaces to produce steel, adding hugely to carbon emissions. Though China seems to embrace wind and solar, it's no easy shift. All countries face the grip of immediate needs versus the long-term health of the planet. The glacier collapse in Nepal confirms that we’re on a one-way escalator moving too fast to step off, and the Poet’s and Storytellers United prompt “numbers” to me says environmental disasters are too overwhelming to tally.

   

The train passed by and so did my focus on troubles and challenges. Later at Crescent Beach, a butterfly kite swirled and a dancer joyfully whirled to the delight of onlookers.

     

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Ups & Downs Of A Snowbird

How do they do it? What nerves of steel it must take to fly so swiftly, in such close proximity, without nicking a wing at the very least. The airplanes from afar looked like tiny jumping jacks I once played with as a child. The Snowbirds performed many dazzling tricks that I failed to capture. However, I did manage to get a few shots of them executing with perfect precision their last maneuvers, before retiring the planes, over the White Rock Pier which, itself, is due for major reconstruction. The Poets and Storytellers United prompt "changes" is not only coming to the planes and pier but was evident in the outlook of the people who set aside traffic stress to fully enjoy the show. The crowd was huge, scattered along walkways, beaches and sparkling sea where the sun pierced through smog from various regional B.C. fires. Group-awe, ocean glitter, and the shifting mood of both sky and humans inspired my poem below.

      

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Check out my sites: Postcards from Penelope Puddle and Musings of A Puddlist In B.C.

Because the state of our planet is the most pressing issue of our time, link up and learn about the  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report and watch environmental activist, 90-year-old David Suzuki, in an interview.

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