{"id":3986,"date":"2022-02-10T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/?p=3986"},"modified":"2022-03-07T17:29:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T17:29:53","slug":"diver-overview-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/diver-overview-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Diver Overview – Poem<\/span>Sebastian Schloessingk<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n

The Great Barrier Reef diver\/cameraman<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018cried in my mask\u2019, to see the bleaching.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mankind is beginning to take creaky\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

baby steps towards being able<\/span><\/p>\n

to live forever. Just when there\u2019s no more<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

forever to live in. There is a shock<\/span><\/p>\n

that sidles from the phrase \u2018humans were rare,\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

as applied to time in the distant past<\/span><\/p>\n

and the threaded bush. The future is not\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

distant, in which human features are shifting<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

from centuries of subtle smiles formulated<\/span><\/p>\n

to a set snort of cuss\u00e8dness, rictus<\/span><\/p>\n

licked into by flames either edge. Like greedy<\/span><\/p>\n

Emperors giving our descendants<\/span><\/p>\n

the thumbs down. Or dry generals bending<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

only as far as to cede scorched Earth,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

and scrutinize from the border. Children have<\/span><\/p>\n

already only a walk-on part under\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

the massive toppling fulminating\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

dark Climate backdrop.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The human race was<\/span><\/p>\n

too selfish to save itself, no-one will<\/span><\/p>\n

much incise. Maybe naybe long.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sebastian Schloessingk<\/strong> has appeared in <\/span>Verse, Oxford Poetry, Formafluens, Dedalus<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Quadrant <\/span><\/i>and<\/span>\u00a0wrote the libretto for <\/span>Magma<\/span><\/i>, an opera<\/span> by Lamberto Coccioli which premiered in 1998. He was editor for <\/span>Qualm<\/span><\/i><\/a>, a biannual contemporary poetry anthology,<\/span> from 2003 to 2017. His two poetry collections, Cry of the No-No<\/i> and Stil Cagey<\/i> have been published by Gometra.<\/span><\/p>\n

Born in Britain of German and Irish parents, Schloessingk lives in the Welsh Marches\/Y Mers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  The Great Barrier Reef diver\/cameraman \u2018cried in my mask\u2019, to see the bleaching. Mankind is beginning to take creaky\u00a0 baby steps towards being able to live forever. Just when there\u2019s no more   forever to live in. There is a shock that sidles from the phrase \u2018humans were rare,\u2019 as applied to time in […]<\/p>\n

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