Philosophy
We Are Conflicted Beings © 2017 Vernon Miles Kerr Viewed from afar, our Earth must appear As an anthill run amok. Swarming but disorganized, Moving in a vague direction but with scattered knots And lumps of deadly struggle raging, Sparked by some inferred self-interest, As the dis-interested hive-general flows around them.
Life
Cycles © 2017 Vernon Miles Kerr Up That poem needs work… but What’s happening on Twitter… Mail? This early? Never heard of ‘em. Probably spam…but Ohhh… a new type of pruning saw… Might be good for the shaping our Maple needs.. Nah…I need to focus on the poem.
Arry Voorsmit
Fair comment (c) 2017 Vernon Miles Kerr This is a copy of the second of two recent Sacramento Bee columns by my friend and former college writing professor, Manfred Wolf. He and I are currently collaborating on a screen adaptation of his book “Survival in Paradise: Sketches from a Refugee
Entropy
Entropy © 2017 Vernon Miles Kerr The First Law of Thermodynamics: The increase in the internal energy of a system is equal to the amount of energy added by heating the system, minus the amount lost as a result of the work done by the system on its surroundings. The Second
Biology
My Calloused Brain (c) 2017 Vernon Miles Kerr Others meditate And claim inspiration: “Relax; focus on your breathing, Wait for enlightenment.” I’ve waited… And waited… But nothing— Except embarrassment For failing at their game. I view the magic in Nature, Knowing that I should feel awe, Be inspired, Well
Despots
Louis xvi © 2017, 2021 Vernon Miles Kerr There’s smugness in those With absolute power, A blindness to history, Unwarranted ego: “I’m so unique and great I’ll be the first to avoid that fate.” Louie’s wife said “No bread? Then call for cake,” More in ignorance than
Biology
All That Is © 2017, 2018 Vernon Miles Kerr I have concluded, or nearly so, That Intelligent design is in the Universe, Or Universes, stacked one upon another In some frequency-variant set of substrates Of reality—ad infinitum, in profundis. Not because of that random-seeming Toss of thousands of millions of
Agnosticism
The Cosmos as Creation © 2017 Vernon Miles Kerr If a supreme intelligence created our Universe it deliberately gave its creation limits. Things set in motion tend to slow down. Heat tends to cool. Living beings are born, thrive, grow and then, as they age, begin to deteriorate, slow down and
Ecology
Life Is… © 2017 Vernon Miles Kerr Life is a flute of champagne. We are the twinkling bubbles Streaming upward, Spattering into oblivion at the top. We are born, We rise through life’s events Then we burst. Gone. Nothing. But new bubbles always replace us, For the moment. Life is
Boston
The Bells of Filene’s © 2017 Vernon Miles Kerr Any Boston afternoon, Downtown Crossing’s canyons Surge with cars and shoppers. Walk-Don’t Walk, Thousands of feet shuffle. Screeching on Red, Honking on Green, Buses and Ducks Trailing smokescreens. A faint tinkle penetrates The cacophony. The City pauses, Takes a
American Government
Government by Agency: The New Totalitarianism © 2017 Vernon Miles Kerr As ever-greater government executive power, both Federal and State, is being abrogated to agencies, commissions or boards, their inefficiencies, illogicalities and inequities are attracting the public’s attention, ire, and even fear. One can sense a sea change in the
Agnosticism
One of my friends and mutual followers on WordPress, Mitch Teemley, has just posted an interesting synopsis on the subject of “Sin.” His post includes several interesting quotes about the subject, see: Popular Idea, Unpopular Word After reading the post I was inspired to leave the following comment. Aren’t
Aviation Safety
(c) 2016 Vernon Miles Kerr From an aviation and technological standpoint, Producer/Director Clint Eastwood’s film about Captain Chesley Sullenberger’s heroic landing of an airliner in the Hudson River in 2009, is a riveting and entertaining movie. From an historical and artistic standpoint it is suprememly dissapointing. While
Curaçao
My film script Survival In Paradise, discussed in an earlier post, has now been entered in several screenwriting competitions and is in the reading queue of three or four producers who are mutual friends of either myself or Manfred Wolf, the author of the memoir from which this work is
American Influence
George Hugh Railton was our American Field Service exchange student from New Zealand during my senior year in high school in Ontario, California. Our friendship left me with the knowledge that people are just about the same everywhere—along with a bunch of choice Maori swear words and how to
Creativity
Stories ©2016 Vernon Miles Kerr As a writer, I agonize over stories. What shall I write about? How shall I make it engaging, Captivating, Even perplexing? I dig deep into the dustbin of my mind, Unraveling old wadded up balls of memory, Looking for the right story. There are multitudes