Newly returned Haibun Thinking is on Art Week this week, with a choice between a photo from Sally at My Beautiful Things and a piece of art from Anja of Oh Pithy Me. I have chosen the photo. If you want to know about the challenge and what it entails, and what a Haibun is, then click the link above and have a read. If you want to see what others have written then click on this link here
© Sally – My Beautiful Things
.Life began millennia ago
Thousands of years, and ages past
At the time is seems slow
But in reality goes by so fast
Dinosaurs and spiders
Raptors and crocodiles
Winged creatures – gliders
Fish with big toothy smiles
A meteor destroys them
Makes way for Neanderthal
Not wearing stones or gems
In fact, wearing nothing at all
Many centuries go past
As man starts to grow
Each age adds to the last
Forcing leaders to show
Inventors come forth
Giving us enhancement
Man gets stuck in a rut
In need of advancement
The intelligence of man
Comes up with a solution
Nothing ever goes as planned
They destroy us with pollution
fish with seven eyes
lobsters the size of a house
progress destroys us
© A Forbes 2014
A Mixed Bag 
Almost seems like the smarter we get the dumber we become…
I think that’s true
Well done Al, well done.
Thanks very much Kim 🙂
Imagine the lobster mornay you could make with that one 😀
I think it would feed a couple of people 😀
so cool… and now I want a giant lobster for my front lawn…
We have a power station near us, I may be able to find you one.
Maybe I will carve one.
That would work
I think so
Some progress helps us, some progress brings pride and destruction
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People destroy walls and it is called vandalism. Others destroy rainforests and it’s called progress.
Why not destroy greed to progress to a content and grateful heart?
That would be so much preferable and would make life so much more bearable
Indeed
So relevant!!
Thank you 🙂
🙂