Wow that was really good! So deep and dark yet with inspiring hope. I am trying to get more in to writing poetry, but I have more luck in short stories and personal narratives. I do have one poem called The First Kiss if you wouldn’t mind looking at it and telling me what you think, I’d really appreciate it.

A nice share buddy

nice poem.

Thanks a lot for taking a look at this!

@wiggy I’m checking it out now.

I certainly hope so.

good post

I remember reading about him somewhere. A French philosopher who took part in the discovery of the Piltdown Man and the Peking Man if I am not mistaken. His works are extraordinary and simply stunning just like this beautifully written poem. Thanks for sharing!

Very beautiful!

Blessings.

Sincerely,

-Joie Schmidt.

I had not heard of P.T. de Chardin before reading this poem but you have inspired me to look up his work. Thank you.

Thank you for your kind comments.
@guy Pessimists say that hope can drive you crazy. I am clearly no pessimist!
@xyz999 Indeed. He was a scientist and philosopher but also a Jesuit(Catholic) priest. He would probably have been more widely known if the Roman Catholic church had allowed him to publish his books while still on this plane.They didn’t because they regarded-and *still* do- his ideas as heresy.
More or less they said to him that if you publish this you are out of the church.
His first and more important book, Le phénomène humain (The Phenomenon of Man), was published in 1955, the year he died.
It is freely available here :
http://arthursbookshelf.com/other-stuff/phenom10.html

Before I saw your comments and read your poem, I went straight away to check out a bit about him, as you suggested, and I was impressed at what I discovered. I then read your poem and I am doubly impressed. Your poem is very powerful Sharpedon. I love it. Thank you for sharing.

What a wonderful poem. Sharpedon, this is truly an inspiration to those of us in search of that rediscovery. Thanks for the post.

Thanks for your positive response on this.
@ JM I plan on writing more on de Chardin’s writings, particularly his noosphere and Omega Point concepts.
Almost his entire bibliography – which I have not yet read in its entirety – is profoundly poetic.
A specific quote of his was the inspiration for this poem and of a short story of mine I cannot publish here because I have already posted on my blog (it is on Bukisa though : http://www.bukisa.com/articles/392945_paradise-found ) :

“Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin”

I had not heard of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin before reading this intriguing poem. You have piqued my interest and I will definitely look into more of his writings.

It’s very encouraging to believe that there is hope when all else has failed us.

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope”.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thanks for sharing this inspiring poem.

I like your poem. I makes me think of the faith i hold onto that when capitalism fails we will come out the other side much better for it.

So many emotions, vivid imagery, truly wonderful and a great dedication.

Great words chosen for a completely well done piece of prose.

Thanks for the share!
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I love Chardin. You have a talent, my friend!

Beautiful poetry. Sometimes it’s a blessing to lose everything and hit rock bottom.

A fire-less world is definitely cold and insipid! Fires bring purpose to our existence because anything luke-warm or cold is pathetic!

Very thought provoking.

This is a great and deep poem. I have never heard of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin so I would have to look him up.

wow very informative

I have too much to say and I’m trying to choose the words carefully First – you are a truly gifted writer. The poem emanates power and energy, I haven’t read this kind of stuff in a long time.
Second – I’m deeply grateful to you providing the information about this guy – I found him and already downloaded his ‘The Phenomenon of Man’.

Very beautiful and inspiring.

Inspiring.

It’d be nice to see over that mortal plane… what am I talking about… I guess we all will one day! Life is so temporary we may as well fill it with as much love as we can.

thnx

you should make more articles