Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EVOLUTION, by JESSICA NELSON NORTH


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EVOLUTION, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Out of chaos, dust and flame
Last Line: "look at how the thing turned out!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Macdonald, Reed I., Mrs.
Subject(s): Animals; Evolution; Nature


OUT of chaos, dust and flame,—
Out of dust a planet came.
On the planet sea and land
Joined together hand in hand.
In the sea a tiny cell
Changes to a crimpled shell.
Fish and reptile, bird and beast,
Nature's progress never ceased,
Till through countless ages' span,
Out of monkey came a man.
Jimber-jawed and pigeon-toes
Bushy brows above his nose,
Prone to petulance and strife,
Shambling sullenly through life.
When the first of us lay dead,
Nature gazed on him and said,
"What was all the fuss about?
Look at how the thing turned out!"





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