An Extract from This Month's Release: Self-Sown Apocalypse
To celebrate this month's release of Another 365 Days of Poetry which released on the 4th. Links to the collection can be found at: https://books2read.com/u/bo2Y0a . Self-sown Apocalypse Written on January 9, 2019, for the May 2 entry of Another 365 Days of Poetry , this post-apocalyptic-themed villanelle is about the downfall of mankind. The heavens watching from far above saw us struggle on the land below, as we fought for our lives and those we love. The stakes were high within the grove where scientists played, though they did know the heavens watched from far above Chaining viral vectors, hand in glove that soon escaped, though we were slow to fight for our lives and those we love. The end came swift, and our thoughts were of the way events had ebbed and flowed, the heavens watching from far above. And mankind’s tale a story wove from brilliant thought to disaster sown, as we fought...