Ecology needs new buzz words, fiercely motivating, to channel public attention toward mindful mending. Earth is our only viable hive. Calls to action are essential. In rhythmic aphoristic poetry, Elihu Blotnick, in partnership with scientists, ably pursues this goal. With everything digitized also being scientized, searching for definitions is a fine quest. Indeed, science is an alphabet of possibilities. It's its own subject, and a tool, a method, an outcome and a guide. Those who toy with it are surprised when they draw laughs. Those who reject it do so at their peril. They limit themselves. Yet, even those who worship at its gates never arrive in its heaven. The universe is ultimately unknowable. We are cosmic miniatures and always will be. Of course, we can make fiction of the future but the universe itself is our chief critic and will have the last word, regardless. This is the author's message, delivered in poetry that explores science in the context of language and personal experience. Write real and see what happens, Elihu thought. But inspiration got the better of him: the poems are profound and prophetic.
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