Instructions to the First Cause
Find a great space somewhere,
and light giant stars in it.
Create matter and shape planets,
and as each is finished—spin it.
Bestow an atmosphere to some,
add a little warmth and water.
Now sow the seeds of life
and sit back and watch
the slaughter.
After graduating from Canterbury University, NEW ZEALAND, Carl began his working life as a television producer and director for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. His teaching career includes further studies for a post-grad Diploma in the Teaching of the Deaf and Hearing Impaired and a two-year contract as HOD English in Western Samoa. “Target for Terror,” a middle-grade novel, published in NZ by National Pacific Press in 2008, was his first venture into writing.
Other Works
Gina Nutt Interview
by Sean Sam
... Writing, for me, is one way to keep questions I can't answer ever-present ...
2 Poems
by Ryan Aghamohammadi
... Answers are means of filling in blanks // until we die ...