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
Striped Angelfish
by Ben Umayam
... We had just arrived on the beach ...
Day 22
by Amy Bobeda
... los manos de sueños son la mana of my grand / mother tongues ...