by Robert - just a simple man - B.
Member since:
April 12, 2007

God's Little Jelly (may it bring you a smile...)

February 05, 2012 11:05 AM UTC
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God’s Little Jelly

 

©2012 Robert C Burnham

Dedicated to Anne Somers; unc teacher, biologist, God’s child

 

There was a time in old days fashioned

When God created some jelly – protoplasm

That first amoeba; creation so never-ending

From which, all of us, just keeps descending

From life, that first amoeba, never severed

For God designed that little guy to live forever

And as that piece of jelly kept on splitting

Came many wondrous critters – oh quite fitting

Birds of the air and Fish of the sea

Beasts of the field; and finally, We

All on a path to God’s holy solution

Taught to all of us in class as – ‘evolution’

God’s little jelly kept growing, and soon

Came along Aristotle, Newton, Crockett and Boone

There was David, King Solomon, a man on a Cross

From that tiny amoeba; no fluke of a toss

“Evolution’, “Schmevolution’ – no matter the call,

God and His little jelly – They made us all!

~

 

Comments: 34

Robert - just a simple man - B. Feb 5, 2012, 11:10am UTC
At UNCG there's a superb Biology teacher of non-Biology majors. Her name is Anne Somers, and she's also a superb human being. Last year I was her student. This year I am tutoring some of her students. Anne, Ms. Somers, I dedicate this poem in your honor.
Rory M. Feb 5, 2012, 11:37am UTC
Hmmm.
Robert - just a simple man - B. Feb 5, 2012, 12:23pm UTC
hmmm hmm
Phillip DeNise Feb 5, 2012, 11:56am UTC
GOD & evolution coexisting in a simple man's poem; what sort of JELLY this?
Robert - just a simple man - B. Feb 5, 2012, 12:07pm UTC
I don't reckon we can have one without t'other.
(at least that's what my horse told me)
Phillip DeNise Feb 5, 2012, 12:11pm UTC
This horse of yours should pst some HORSE-SENSE articles for us in the mind to listen to the opinions of those noble creatures; probably descended from the JELLY that went RIGHT!
Granny Janny Feb 5, 2012, 12:10pm UTC
Cute and clever
Never has an amoeba
Been so arriba!
Reminds me of
Cannabis sativa
Phillip DeNise Feb 5, 2012, 12:12pm UTC
indica obviously the RIGHT way to go
Shaunee C. Feb 5, 2012, 12:31pm UTC
very nice story
Ann Marcaida Feb 5, 2012, 12:52pm UTC
From the primordial ooze to Homo sapiens. Now featured at Examining Our Religion.
Robert - just a simple man - B. Feb 5, 2012, 12:55pm UTC
with some intelligent crafting...
Pam Brittain Feb 5, 2012, 1:27pm UTC
Made me smile.
Len Maxwell Feb 5, 2012, 1:42pm UTC
You achieved your goal: you definitely brought a smile to my face. Ms Somers should be honored.

Thanks for sharing with Gather’s Luminous Writers & Artists.
elizabeth evans Feb 5, 2012, 1:53pm UTC
From one amoeba to another....this is wonderful.


Thanks for sharing with Triple Name Club.
Carrie Marie P. Feb 5, 2012, 2:23pm UTC
I wish that jelly He used had been sweeter.
Sonia M. Feb 5, 2012, 2:42pm UTC
Well done, Robert!
lena k. Feb 5, 2012, 4:05pm UTC
nice
Randi Burnham-Brown Feb 5, 2012, 5:01pm UTC
A good write with alot of swings, makes one think alittle.
Nice dedication!
Jan S. Feb 5, 2012, 6:04pm UTC
A new slant on the concept! Who'da thunk jelly had a soul?
Robert - just a simple man - B. Feb 6, 2012, 9:08am UTC
God is omnipotent, he can do all things and choose any means by which to do them.
Kushal Poddar Feb 5, 2012, 8:29pm UTC
If God designed him to live forever, brother then live
subroto s s. Feb 5, 2012, 9:45pm UTC
This certainly made me smile, think, ponder, ruminate and finally wish that God had forgotten about that jelly altogether!
Alice G. Feb 5, 2012, 10:01pm UTC
Robert, this is an interesting take on the coexistence of evolution and creation. Very nicely written. I kinda think your horse may have been in the cannibas patch before he spoke with you but I see that you didn't overlook the Man on the Cross and that is the crux of it all no matter how one see us getting to the foot of it.

Glad you are recovering. I am new to Gather and hope to see more of your work.
Robert - just a simple man - B. Feb 6, 2012, 9:10am UTC
Careful what you wish for. I have 50 pages of 'works' on this site.
Alice G. Feb 6, 2012, 9:17am UTC
I am looking forward to it.
Rory M. Feb 6, 2012, 3:30pm UTC
Fifty pages? Did you delete some stuff?
Robert - just a simple man - B. Feb 6, 2012, 10:30pm UTC
lol my Canadian friend......
Dr. Erica Goodstone Feb 5, 2012, 10:13pm UTC
Definitely made me smile. I haven't checked my Gather inbox for many months and your
God's Jelly poem was my first message.
Angela A. Feb 5, 2012, 10:55pm UTC
And, oh what jellies are we!
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William K. Feb 6, 2012, 10:07am UTC
nice
Bernard C. Feb 6, 2012, 1:41pm UTC
Guess I got to punch through something in life after all even if I didn't know it at the time :-) Nice write - feeling a bit wobbly now though :-)

Thanks for sharing and submitting to
The Surreal Circus.
Ruthe M. Feb 10, 2012, 10:21am UTC
I love it, Robert! There are times when I still feel like that little jelly!!!! :) LOL Hope your week went well, dear friend!
amy s. Feb 10, 2012, 2:08pm UTC
interesting poem on evolution All though I still believe that the jelly was just a tool God used to make the world, and that we did not come from it instead God used to make everything all at once.
Sandy Moore Feb 25, 2012, 4:26pm UTC
cute

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