Scenes From the Planet Earth is a monumental poem by Joseph D. Reich, playfully structured with many subdivisions and digressions. Reich calls it "aN apHoriStic meMoir ... SomEthiNg oF A nOnLinEar OppOsitioNal DeFiant PsYcholoGical autoBiograPhy." As always with Reich's work, it is as topically pertinent and personal as it is universal and timeless.