Take a swim
… and drown in a pool of pleasures.
So many reasons not to take a swim;
maybe, you’ll drown in a pool of pleasures;
a deep pool that untethers you from him;
that uncouples all the standard measures
of expectation; leaving you alone
to fashion what’s a matter of belief,
to dive for treasures in a hidden zone;
to fathom what’s the source of your relief.
Too many reasons for you not to bathe
in a well that lets you come as you are,
that cools an overheated day and saves
your wishes from someone else's falling star.
. Just as small steps over come a distance;
. so too, small breaths over ride resistance.
.
© Tim Grace, 4 February 2024
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Tim Grace
A first impression has a lasting effect - it makes a notable difference. In a subtle way that’s who I am as a poet. A ‘first impression’ looking for the gentle ‘twist’ that draws attention to a novel observation.
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Human Evolution and Climate Change
The Question An oft asked question relates to how humans and every other species on the planet will or will not adapt to the new environmental conditions that climate change will quite probably (and arguably already has) impose across much of the globe. For other species the answer is fairly obvious, they will either adapt or they will perish. As has been the case throughout all of earth’s history, evolution through natural selection requires that those with the traits that are best adapted to reproduce will do so and so pass them on, especially when pressed by changes in the environment. Many argue that the changes we are seeing or will soon see as a result of climate change are occurring too rapidly for many species to adapt. In essence that evolution cannot keep up with the pace of change. Mutations simply cannot occur frequently enough to supply a wide enough variety of phenotypes of different varieties to allow for at least one that can survive the new conditions any given species may find itself in. Rapid changes are the hardest for the longest lived (excluding microorganisms), and slowest reproducing creatures to deal with, and they face the greatest threat of massive population decrease or even extinction. I happen to think that adaptation can happen much faster than is typically believed, but am not naïve enough to think that even a greatly accelerated adaptation or mutation process will be enough to save all or even most animal species from the threat of habitat loss or change brought about by global warming.
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