Tetralogy I: The Woods, The Desert, The Sea, The Stars: An Evolutionary Journey in Four Parts. Poems

An evolutionary journey through nature, civilization, science, and the stars.

Tetralogy I is an epic cycle of four interconnected long poems tracing humanity's journey from the forests of evolutionary origin through deserts and oceans and finally into the cosmos. Blending poetry with philosophy, mythology, history, and science, the collection asks what it means to be human in a universe shaped by both natural evolution and the search for meaning.

Structured as four five-act poetic "syllogies" - The Woods, The Desert, The Sea, and The Stars - the sequence draws on sources ranging from Darwin and Carl Sagan to Homer, Wagner, and world mythology. This second edition adds a full appendix and minor revisions.

For readers who enjoy philosophical poetry, science writing, mythology, and epic literary journeys, Tetralogy I offers a fusion of imagination, scholarship, and wonder.

Vol. 1: Life As We Know It. 2001-2026.
Vol. 2: Daimonia. 1997-2011.
Vol. 3: Tetralogy I. The Woods, The Desert, The Sea, The Stars. 2004-2008.
Vol. 4: Chaos & Order. 1999-2020.
Vol. 5: Qaddish. A Meditation on the Nature of Divinity. 2023.
Vol. 6: Meditations on the End. 1995-2025.
Vol. 7: Poems with Rhyming Parts. 2001-2006.
Vol. 8: Nowhere Place. 2004-2010.
Vol. 9: One Moment in Time. 2008-2021.
Vol. 10: Tetralogy II, Part I. The Road, The Garden. 2009-2024.
Vol. 11: Futures Past. 2020-2026.
Vol. 12: Sturm & Drang. Early German Poems. 1991-1998.
Vol. 13: Tetralogy II, Part II. The City, The Ruins. 2026-2028.

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