Philosoetry: The 2016 Collected Works of Roger G. Lewis and some fragments from (2013-2025)

a Ruskin-style introduction for each poem,

On the Nature of Modern Verse: A Study of Roger G. Lewis's New Fragments

In the manner of John Ruskin

In contemplating the verses of Roger G. Lewis, one finds oneself drawn into a peculiar labyrinth of thought, where the cold mechanics of economic theory intertwine with the warm tendrils of human emotion. It is a collection that speaks to our age's particular afflictions: the digitization of value, the atomization of society, and the eternal struggle between love and systematic order.

Consider first his "Magic Money Tree," wherein the ancient metaphor of natural growth is transformed – nay, transmuted – into the clinical precision of cryptographic structures. Here, Lewis achieves what the medieval alchemists merely dreamed of: the transformation of abstract mathematics into tangible value. The Merkle Trees he speaks of are not the oaks and elms of our forebears, but rather the digital architectures upon which our modern commerce precariously balances.

In his treatment of personal relations, particularly in "Notes on an Old Fiddle," we witness the application of musical metaphor to the discord of domestic life. The piece bears striking similarity to the Gothic architects' use of counterpoint in their flying buttresses – each element supporting yet straining against the other, creating a tension that ultimately holds the entire structure aloft.

The progression from his earlier works to the later pieces mirrors the very transformation of our society. Where "Reality is Infinity is Love is Infinite" (2013) speaks with the pure voice of metaphysical contemplation, his "Un-poem for an Un-Plandemic" (2021) shows us how even our most abstract principles must eventually contend with the brutal reality of contemporary existence.

What strikes one most forcefully about Lewis's work is its unflinching engagement with the machinery of modern life. Unlike the Romantics, who sought escape in nature, or the Modernists, who often retreated into fragmentation, Lewis stares directly into the digital abyss and finds there both poetry and meaning. His verses are like the great Victorian railways – at once industrial and sublime, connecting disparate regions of thought with steel-strong logic and steam-powered passion.

The collection's particular genius lies in its ability to forge connections between seemingly incompatible modes of thought. Just as Giotto united Byzantine formality with natural observation, Lewis brings together the precision of economic theory with the fluidity of emotional expression. His "Proper Gander Olympics" serves as a perfect exemplar of this synthesis, where the formal structures of media criticism dance with the wild energies of satirical verse.

In examining the chronological development of these works (2013-2025), one observes a fascinating parallel with the development of Gothic architecture. Just as those ancient builders progressed from simple pointed arches to complex fan vaulting, Lewis's poetry evolves from straightforward metaphysical statements to intricate networks of meaning, each poem supporting and buttressing the others.

The true value of this collection, however, lies not merely in its technical accomplishment but in its moral purpose. Like all great art, it serves to illuminate the age in which we live, holding up a mirror not merely to nature (as Shakespeare would have it) but to the complex systems we have built atop nature. In this respect, Lewis follows in the tradition of the great Victorian social critics, though his critique extends beyond the merely social to encompass the technological and financial structures that increasingly determine our lives.

Fragments (2013-2025)

The Magic Money Tree (2025)

Here we encounter a work of remarkable synthesis, where the cold precision of financial technology meets the warmth of poetic tradition. In these verses, Lewis achieves what the medieval alchemists merely dreamed of - transforming the abstract mathematics of modern finance into living metaphor. The Merkle Trees become not mere data structures but symbols of our age's peculiar relationship with value and truth.

### The Magic Money Tree (2016)

Money Grows on Merkle Trees

A Creature of Cryptography

The Computer Has to say yes

So Banks can issue Debt You see.

Central Banks prune Merkle Trees

Adjusting the rate of Usury

Government Borrowing and Private debt

Add up to the money that you get

Economists argue about Theories Three

Commodity, Chartalist or Credit Theory

In Truth all Theories of the Merkel tree?

Are Based upon a Tautology, That's MMT.

The Simple rhyme that you can sing is

Money is the NOTHING

you get for SOMETHING

before you get ANYTHING.

Let's everyone all Join In.

[Poem as previously formatted]

Notes on an Old Fiddle (2020)

In this piece, Lewis employs the metaphor of musical notation to explore the complexities of human communication. Like a master composer working with counterpoint, he weaves together themes of miscommunication and harmony, creating a symphony of meaning that speaks to universal experiences of family bonds and the eternal challenge of truly understanding one another.

### Notes on an Old Fiddle (2020)

*(For Johanna, I Love You)*

I wrote a note, about the key,

you needed the information

so you could meet me at the pitch on time.

This was not the first wrong Note,

it will not be the last,

I did not know you didn't read

perhaps I should have told you instead.

it's something about our communication,

What is missing from our relationship,

why do we not hear each other?

Perhaps we can solve this equation,

seek some resolution

why must I march when you are dancing?

Your Tangos sound like Dirges for me.

I might have seemed sharp to you,

that joke I told fell flat in the wrong company.

The symphony you sought was beyond

the scope of the Duet I had planned.

If I were to Score that goal again,

perhaps I would not repeat the same notes so often.

Variations on a broken theme?

Perhaps a fresh Page needs to be turned.

Your melody always haunts me

as I hum that tune you used to sing

in carefree moments and when you put the children to bed.

I never seem to get it quite right,

I will ask you to sing it again

I wonder if it is wise to leave that message in another note?

By Way of acknowledgment,

I still Love you Johanna

and to my two Children Rhiannon and Rasmus,

my world didn't exist before you

and I can not imagine a world

that could be complete without you both in it.

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Searching For Racing Cars

This work stands as one of the most carefully constructed metaphorical edifices in contemporary verse. Through the lens of seeking and observation, Lewis crafts a meditation on control and powerlessness in modern society. The imagery of the hide, the snow, and the searching eyes creates a landscape where personal struggle meets societal indifference. The piece demonstrates how poetry can illuminate profound truths while maintaining respectful distance from private pain.

### Searching For Racing Cars

The inanition of meaning

searching for nutrition

an absence of gleaning

a substitution for control

We sat in that hide

sheltered from cold

snow falling, a picnic

flasks of breath and warmth

Hopes Withered memory

icy limbs as twigs once

evergreen yet no more

as winters darkness fell

search those coal dark

eyes, painfully searching

to find once more what?

you mean, everything my son

Proper Gander Olympics (2022)

Here Lewis turns his keen eye to the spectacle of modern media consumption, crafting a satire that cuts as sharp as any Victorian social critic. The wordplay in the title sets the stage for a deeper examination of how truth becomes distorted through the prism of digital communication and mass media.

Take a Proper gander at the Olympics in Japan. “A New Poem”

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Propergander Olympics

To the land of Setting sun Tally-Ho
an anti socially distanced event
only the big screen regarde les tableaux
catch it on Zoom its forbidden to Go

Unprecedented they said since the War
Nurnberg was I suppose before, yet what of 74?
Seventy Eight and 82, room 101 1984.
best enjoy the spectacle, don’t make a furore

Google Geo Political Advantages
Facebook your genetic allegiances
Scream it down you tube once mourn
Wikipedia sets it in aspick forsworn.

Has Aunty been Mistaken
Did Walkers inform her comment
In Sexed up dossier reportage
distracted by decollage, truth inoculation.

Roger G Lewis 2012 (CopyLeft)

The un-poem for an Un-Plandemic (2021)

In this urgent piece, Lewis confronts the great crisis of our age with both analytical precision and poetic insight. The structure mirrors the fragmentation of society itself, while the language employs medical metaphor to diagnose our collective condition. The "cargo cult science" reference brilliantly frames the entire work as a critique of modern certainties.

the un-poem for an Un-Plandemic. 21 Dec 2021

Witness the cargo cult science
a new normal world, ordered
masqued inoculated confused
Stockholm syndrome reliance

An exponential discombobulation
taking stock of the herd
undertaking a cull saving WHO?
a logarithmic manipulation.

Power in the Blood,”No time for spindoctor’s medicine
Cooked up by the government, selling me some cover-up.
Sponsored information, crack pipes in the shopping malls.
Nothing but another drug, a license they can buy and sell.

Already the darkest hour had fallen
a broken fourth estate substituted
The broken already forced into shade
A parasite poised to weaken its host.

the new normal new year 2020
Syria, Libya,Yemen? a new PM
portended cummings and goings
Barnard Castles on shifting sands.

Gladios Back, CRASH 2, COVID19,
& VIRAL MEDIA NEUROSIS: Are they connected?
Bread and Circuses polarised narratives.
The Average age of “with” was 82, n n nineteen

A behindhand review WHO
again authored these present discontents
buyers remorse so soon
a seemingly determined path?

Chrysippus Ha! you jest with me?
Beware of the shaft of insoluble syllogism.
3 wise simians a river of lies
a plausible precautionary principle.

Crimean tartar to condiment,
season if you will an unsavory Jam.
A complot of mischievous compote
all Nightingales twittering confinement.

creating a gestalt settled-science space
LITTLE WHITE LIES yet a stain grows
only a dictatorship—their dictatorship, of course
can Build Back Better

Unboxing the Panacea That Cures All ills
“Mien lieben Folk, tuning in across YouTube land”
you can stick your poison vaccines up your arse
a Panacea administered in such a manner will…..

Cabotage cargos of mendacity
An inanition of Truth
there is a glaring lacuna
The Oligarchical Virus #PlatonOvidVirus666

Six impossible things before breakfast or,
the truth? Circular Arguments or the Circular Economy.
“La réforme oui, la chienlit non”
Exorbitant Privilege, Abandon Hope.

The People Versus Parliament
The People Versus the Banks.
“video et taceo” Bjornen Sauver
Waking up is never easy, Aadhaar

We must seize this splendid opportunity
win their trust, hopefully, win them over.”
This person is not afraid to meet the people
& will within history fight at their side.

Going Direct to the Horse’s Mouth.
Hilldebrand ( Blackrock)Sedwill,( Cabinet office),
( Spook) Same Script different theatre.
Zappas Wall of Worry.

Do the Cantango, Backwardation to Monopoly
Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the Fandango!
Thunderbolts and lightning, very, very frightening
I owe my soul to the company store

singing Orpheus’s dirge as we went
it was just like other lyres.
The king did not always bend the bow
Those who cannot find the truth within themselves

Political hypochondria. Fear Uncertainty and Doubt
An Inverted world Order , inside out
Po x Pd x Pn = Pc x Pp x Pi
Currents of the tides, Time and the nature of things, pass

Roger G lewis 21 Dec 2021

Reality is Infinity is Love is Infinite (2013)

This early work shows Lewis at his most metaphysical, crafting a meditation on the nature of reality and love that recalls both the mystical writings of Blake and the mathematical precision of Pythagoras. The repetitive structure serves not as mere device but as demonstration of the infinite nature of its subject.

### Reality is Infinity is Love is Infinite (2013)

Real Love reality is.

Self is Love, is Self

Love is I, I Love

Look in myself, Love is within

Love thou, Thou Art Love

Thou art other, you are love

love each other, We are Love

look for Love, Love is Without.

Know love, Know each other

See Love See Each Other

Love is We, We are Love

Love each other, Each is Love

Love is Everything, Everything is Love

All is everything, Everything is Love

Love everything, Love Everyone

Love Everything, Everyone is love

Love is Real, Real is Love

Love Reality, Reality is Real

Reality is Love, Love is Reality

Reality is everywhere, Everywhere is Love

Love is the centre

Love has no Circumfrence

Everywhere is the centre

The centre is soul, Soul is Love

The purpose is Love is The Purpose.

Love is the Heart infinite reality is Love.

Infinity is Reality is Infinity

Love is Infinite, Infinity is Love

Be Love, be infinite

Love is infinity

Love is

We are

it is

all is

Love

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# Philosoetry: The Collected Works of Roger G. Lewis (2013-2025)

*In these verses, we witness the marriage of economic theory with poetic sensibility, each piece carefully constructed to illuminate some aspect of our modern condition. From the cryptographic heights of financial systems to the intimate depths of personal relationships, Lewis's work spans the full spectrum of contemporary experience.*

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A golden Rule in folklores Canon

holds what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the Gander

do unto others that which to you would be done

thus applied in discussion, we should always avoid slander.

Leave at the first introduction

the habits of Authority and induction

When those listening seem deaf to what you tell

refrain if you please from poisoning the well

if your working hypothesis requires certitude

refrain from tailoring cloth that renders the emperor nude

If to your point, you wish others to allude

refrain from a hypocritical sneering attitude.

When your correspondent appeals to evidence

consider their sources, were they well meant?

In all matters, skepticism will serve you with equivalence

and always remember to mistrust the Government.

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Crises In Heresy.

Heresies , skeptical uttered things

usually by Heretics not our type

A black living pest attached to a thought.

properly removed by crushing between

the Thumb and forefinger taking care

To rip the offending critter by the root.

As the blood of its misery congeals

I am reminded of a crown of thorns

breaking the skin but not the will

of a Saviour crucified without cause

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July 24, 2022

QUEUE HERE. SYSYPHUS, QUE OF CUES, CUE QUE, COUP DE QUE.

Sisyphus pushed his boulder,

The path smooth both ways

The same incline repeated

Parmenides like determination.

—

Prometheus chained over the hill

Willing that Sisyphus may succeed

panta rhei, alike to his own flame.

Both legends for deaf ears.

—

Heraclitus his ebb and flow

Crying metaphors to deaf masses

Sobbing similes to Blind tyranny

Calvary the summit to that bluff.

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Maimonides saw each contradiction

Each species of deafness, Loud

Each species of blindness, Dark

All no less perplexed than the next.

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Yet another Sisyphus rolls

Yet another Prometheus reveals

Yet another Heraclitus cry’s

Yet another Maimonides interprets

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Ancient and modern queuing

Missed cues and repeated lines

A dialogue of the divine comedy

Stockaded in linguistic prison walls.

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Plus ca change plus ca meme chose.

Roger G Lewis 2022.