Goodbye Christopher Hitchens

Unhitched

Oh, you bright spirit, you

Slipped the surly bond

Of Earth's gravitas

To follow Apollo.

Solar flares and northern lights

Disrupted communication

Of irrationality as

You touched the face of man.

Chris Brockman

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JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ Jan 29, 2012, 3:30pm UTC

A lovely and touching write.

Chris Brockman Jan 29, 2012, 3:37pm UTC

Thank you, Michelle. I'm a little late to class, but then teachers are always behind schedule. :)>

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ Jan 29, 2012, 3:40pm UTC

I think he'd forgive you. And speak for yourself........lol.........I am compulsively on time.

Chris Brockman Jan 29, 2012, 5:03pm UTC

I'm never on time; I am habitually early. Now that's compulsive.

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JOHN BECK Jan 29, 2012, 3:36pm UTC

He touched the face of man in an "in your face" style and with controversial positions. I suspect that his "touch" will stay with us for generations to come.

Chris Brockman Jan 29, 2012, 3:40pm UTC

I hope he does through inspiring many unabashed intellectuals.

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Audrey Howitt Jan 29, 2012, 4:32pm UTC

This is a lovely, lovely write!

Chris Brockman Jan 29, 2012, 5:04pm UTC

Thank you so much, Audrey.

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elizabeth evans Jan 29, 2012, 5:54pm UTC

I remember the "early Hitch"....and mourned several years ago when his position moved from the far left to the right.

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Chris Brockman Jan 30, 2012, 6:07pm UTC

Thanks for the feature!

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Kushal Poddar Jan 29, 2012, 9:09pm UTC

thank you for leading me to this luminary. I read his words after I read this fine tribute. A journey through light. Both.

Now I intend to write a miniature tribute myself:

Becoming eyeless again,
emptying a jar of light
and never seeing their confetti,

death has a secular degree.
Yes. Throw your mortarboard
and walk free down the God particles.