Genesis & the Genome
Past, Present, & the Future
we were, now are, and will be
Genesis & the Genome
many interpretations
infinite forms & beauty
Darwin daydreams, then creates
we look out to look within
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks, a true hero
Having passed through our world
She sat still many years back
Yes, she was a poor seamstress
Yet, she was an activist
She worked, she trained, and she prayed
One inspires another
War Weary
now it’s thousands of soldiers
and so many others dead
Iraqis, Americans
the cure’s worse than the disease
way too many are grieving
way too many dollars wasted
for oily misleaders
Hunger
a child, so weak, crying
mother, so helpless, crying
yet our eyes are not wet
lethargy and confusion
except for pangs of hunger
without moral pangs for us
food is now a weapon. why?
Dan Brook
Dan Brook is Senior Lecturer Emeritus in the Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at San Jose State University, from where he organizes the Hands on Thailand program. His most recent books are Harboring Happiness: 101 Ways To Be Happy, Sweet Nothings, about the nature of haiku and the concept of nothing, and Eating the Earth: The Truth About What We Eat.