aliens orbit
a blue-green planet
watch its creatures wage
war after war
eventually
they move on
still in search
of intelligent life.
Greg Schwartz is the staff cartoonist for SP Quill Magazine and a member of the Haiku Society of America. Some of his poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Frogpond, Modern Haiku, New York Quarterly, and the 2008 Red Moon Anthology. Spec House of Poetry has just released a broadside of his haiku titled “bird ku,” available at http://spechouseofpoetry.blogspot.com.
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11 Responses to “INTELLIGENT LIFE • by Greg Schwartz”
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March 30th, 2009 at 1:02 am
What wisdom!
March 30th, 2009 at 6:17 am
A lovely, ironic piece.
March 30th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Oh, yes! May they find a better place where people respect, not kill, one another.
March 30th, 2009 at 8:01 am
How true!
March 30th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Nice little SF picture in your poem.
March 30th, 2009 at 8:29 am
I guess they were searching for formulas for the construction of interstellar weapons and left dissatisfied.
March 30th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Fun.
March 30th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Oh, I guess there were intelligent aliens after all.LOL!
–dj
March 30th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Ha ha… I love this! The point is neatly made with economy & wit. A little gem…
March 30th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
I don’t see how this little piece could be improved.
March 30th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Love it!