{"id":6599,"date":"2024-10-30T15:12:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T16:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/?p=6599"},"modified":"2024-12-26T10:20:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T11:20:39","slug":"793-the-perils-of-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/793-the-perils-of-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"793 | THE PERILS OF PROGRESS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6600 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Rembrandt-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Rembrandt-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Rembrandt-200x248.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Rembrandt.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/>Painting by Rembrandt van Rijn<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\nThe Perils of Progress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We\u2019re aboard a rudderless boat,<br \/>\nThe pace lost between nature and species,<br \/>\nLike two soldiers marching out of step.<br \/>\nWhat were once old-age diseases and disabilities<br \/>\nAre now found in sperm, embryos, and infants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Global warming is poised<br \/>\nTo spit its deadly venom,<br \/>\nLike the raised hood of a cobra.<br \/>\nIt crawls clandestinely,<br \/>\nLike a crocodile in quest of its prey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Climate betrays like a chameleon changes its color,<br \/>\nCalamities arrive like uninvited guests,<br \/>\nSummer burns like a furnace fire,<br \/>\nWinter falls like snow on Everest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Some by drought, some by deluge;<br \/>\nDraining drops of diligence<br \/>\nInto the gutter of self-carved calamity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Vivekanand Jha<\/strong>, India<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">from: <em>Bridging the Waters: An International Bilingual Poetry Anthology<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Co-Published by Korean Expatriate Literature &amp; Cross-Cultural Communications<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Painting by Rembrandt van Rijn \u00a0 The Perils of Progress We\u2019re aboard a rudderless boat, The pace lost between nature and species, Like two soldiers marching out of step. What were once old-age diseases and disabilities Are now found in sperm, embryos, and infants. Global warming is poised To spit its deadly venom, Like the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6599"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6663,"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6599\/revisions\/6663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}