tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post2991113694099725317..comments2024-01-26T13:12:55.520-08:00Comments on Feel Free to Read: Future ShockGlenn Buttkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-66271335704700929062016-03-07T13:59:49.417-08:002016-03-07T13:59:49.417-08:00StRandeD noWoN planeTs..
otheR than Nature thAt iS...StRandeD noWoN planeTs..<br />otheR than Nature thAt iS earTh..<br />eT's wanDer iN screams<br />oF screens that<br />gRow color<br />and speed..<br />outside<br />Of lEaves<br />that groW..<br />future shock..<br />iS now human<br />machine.. grass iS<br />sTill groWinG.. few feeL...<br /><br />Barefoot<br />grAss<br />Leaves..:)Katie Mia Frederickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01336627766755378406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-2404286842373488362016-03-01T17:23:11.512-08:002016-03-01T17:23:11.512-08:00What a wonderful piece of writing! (I do hope it r...What a wonderful piece of writing! (I do hope it remains fictional, but I'm not sure.) My future shock came most of all in the final two words – as intended.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-23966982610872095392016-03-01T12:38:55.060-08:002016-03-01T12:38:55.060-08:00Bunsiness ruling the world openly… Very well craft...Bunsiness ruling the world openly… Very well crafted piece. I really enjoyed it, even if I would not enjoy been there. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-37842717905534259032016-03-01T11:40:23.846-08:002016-03-01T11:40:23.846-08:00Sci-fi or prophecy, only the future will tell for ...Sci-fi or prophecy, only the future will tell for sure.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126230685516232230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-40937847699155148022016-03-01T03:11:51.253-08:002016-03-01T03:11:51.253-08:00What a fantastic journey you've taken me on wi...What a fantastic journey you've taken me on with this tale. I enjoyed it thoroughly!Miskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10280369979543928659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-17733401916340138832016-02-29T23:42:20.824-08:002016-02-29T23:42:20.824-08:00So clever, Glen, but I hope not prescient! Your v...So clever, Glen, but I hope not prescient! Your vivid imaginings are wildly disturbing! I'm sure your political extrapolations are spot on!vivinfrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388722600118753457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-74599841474231112692016-02-29T23:31:24.424-08:002016-02-29T23:31:24.424-08:00...just don't vote for Trump and we can change......just don't vote for Trump and we can change the course! (sorry - hope I don't offend anyone) Left me feeling a bit empty even as I acknowledge how clever it is. Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-3048880969285999552016-02-29T19:16:49.351-08:002016-02-29T19:16:49.351-08:00A fascinating and disturbing travel into future sh...A fascinating and disturbing travel into future shock! Don't think I'd like to be farming inside a dome on Mars...lynn__https://www.blogger.com/profile/03991892804149727665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-90394392892474104852016-02-29T19:13:12.692-08:002016-02-29T19:13:12.692-08:00That was some trip you took us on, Glenn. I have ...That was some trip you took us on, Glenn. I have a feeling that people will adapt to whatever happens...good or bad. I wonder if what we're seeing now are the beginning footsteps of the future you paint. And your haiku says volumes...Gayle Walters Rosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-47511162493445502272016-02-29T16:37:41.164-08:002016-02-29T16:37:41.164-08:00That sadly seems like the only probable future for...That sadly seems like the only probable future for our dear planet. Scary isn't it. It already feels like it is the corporations rather than people and governments that run the world! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-65976652278782594642016-02-29T15:57:57.908-08:002016-02-29T15:57:57.908-08:00Oh dear...sad vision of what can be but a good tak...Oh dear...sad vision of what can be but a good take on futuristic vision and an invitation to us to think things through more carefully.Victoria Ceretto-Slottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791036961620087347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-64183171068753497642016-02-29T15:34:30.954-08:002016-02-29T15:34:30.954-08:00I'm enchanted by your post-apocalyptic haibun....I'm enchanted by your post-apocalyptic haibun. The planet looks grim (as one might expect if we continue treating it the way we have), but I like that the speaker is a climate engineer. That gives me hope. Even when things get horrid and barren, there will always be someone willing to plant tomorrow.Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-79370709829114337362016-02-29T14:44:29.583-08:002016-02-29T14:44:29.583-08:00Fascinating, especially the Praise Allah, at the e...Fascinating, especially the Praise Allah, at the end. A very rewarding read. Thanks.Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-14640936743853631952016-02-29T14:26:19.893-08:002016-02-29T14:26:19.893-08:00The vision of the future earth is very depressing ...The vision of the future earth is very depressing and yet, one that sadly our future generations will have to make at the rate we are destroying our planet ~ This is indeed a future shock Glenn ~ Hope you are well ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-43775137769358520642016-02-29T12:51:09.713-08:002016-02-29T12:51:09.713-08:00Interesting vision of the future. I don't thin...Interesting vision of the future. I don't think I would like to be there. I agree with Bjorn, it makes me look forward to death.AnotherFearlessYear.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11189052349065089513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-10260107816484281592016-02-29T12:17:20.007-08:002016-02-29T12:17:20.007-08:00A most unpleasant travel. Makes me glad I will be...A most unpleasant travel. Makes me glad I will be dead at such times and never have to live this, praise God. the micropoem at the end enhances the negative thoughts of such a future. I'd like to believe in something more positive, that maybe we are learning to not make such mistakes and have started to care.tonispencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200564195675794747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-6610927833275076392016-02-29T11:38:05.237-08:002016-02-29T11:38:05.237-08:00Oh indeed a travel I do not wish to do... somehow ...Oh indeed a travel I do not wish to do... somehow a future like this make me look forward to dying... إن شاء الله, brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com