Look at you! Writing past the half-way mark! Today, Neil Reid invites us to keep going by writing about the elements:
Let’s be elemental. Fire, earth, water, wind. They touch our lives every day. Choose one that interests you, then take a point of view that is not so much your usual. Observe what interaction you’ve known, or not known, with this element.
You might make it personal or take the element’s point of view (how might humans appear to you from that stance?) or wander where you may. Tell us something about your element that we don’t know.
You’re welcome to make your own rules, and as always, the most important point is simply to write and share, however it comes your way! Have fun!
Let’s be elemental. Fire, earth, water, wind. They touch our lives every day. Choose one that interests you, then take a point of view that is not so much your usual. Observe what interaction you’ve known, or not known, with this element.
You might make it personal or take the element’s point of view (how might humans appear to you from that stance?) or wander where you may. Tell us something about your element that we don’t know.
You’re welcome to make your own rules, and as always, the most important point is simply to write and share, however it comes your way! Have fun!
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WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
Clear your mind
of all acquired knowledge;
belief,
interpretation,
misconception.
Prepare yourself
For a meeting…
with your Self;
an entity,
existing alone.
There is nothing else.
Nothing at all..
A point exists,
outside of Life;
outside of Time.
A point at which
The Universe
is much smaller;
microscopic…
At this point,
it contracts
yet further,
to its origin…
a Thought.
The Thought is born.
Who am I?
Develops.
Why only me?
Left to fester,
creating
an Energy…
an Aura,
a single cell
can no longer contain.
Expansion occurs;
The Big Bang…
Hydrogen
begets Helium,
Lithium,
Beryllium,
Boron…
CARBON
Building blocks.
Fusion occurs.
Elements become compounds.
Science is born.
Science…
how things work,
the way they do.
How they come to be.
Evolution?
For answers,
explanations,
You turn to Science,
Mathematics.
Without logic,
Matter becomes
unpredictable,
unstable…
Self-destructive.
Application
of logic
ensures survival;
longevity.
Process runs its course
to conclusion.
The Universe
is created.
In terms of such
a vast expanse,
everything takes place
in the Present.
What is measured
in billions of years
by You,
mere Mortal,
is in fact
No Time at all.
Clear your mind
of all acquired knowledge;
belief,
interpretation,
misconception.
Prepare yourself
For a meeting…
with your Self;
an entity,
existing alone.
There is nothing else.
Nothing at all..
A point exists,
outside of Life;
outside of Time.
A point at which
The Universe
is much smaller;
microscopic…
At this point,
it contracts
yet further,
to its origin…
a Thought.
The Thought is born.
Who am I?
Develops.
Why only me?
Left to fester,
creating
an Energy…
an Aura,
a single cell
can no longer contain.
Expansion occurs;
The Big Bang…
Hydrogen
begets Helium,
Lithium,
Beryllium,
Boron…
CARBON
Building blocks.
Fusion occurs.
Elements become compounds.
Science is born.
Science…
how things work,
the way they do.
How they come to be.
Evolution?
For answers,
explanations,
You turn to Science,
Mathematics.
Without logic,
Matter becomes
unpredictable,
unstable…
Self-destructive.
Application
of logic
ensures survival;
longevity.
Process runs its course
to conclusion.
The Universe
is created.
In terms of such
a vast expanse,
everything takes place
in the Present.
What is measured
in billions of years
by You,
mere Mortal,
is in fact
No Time at all.
yes the elemental and the infinite
ReplyDeletefeel like they stretch our human
scale in both directions
Thanks Lucychili; Yes. It's questioning our significance in terms of infinity.
ReplyDeleteStan,
ReplyDeleteYou do know how to make one move thru so many perceptions. Excellent!
Pamela
this is really a strong bit of writing Stan...
ReplyDelete...on my laptop computer screen your letters for your poem here are white, and very difficult to read on the light gray background. I am going to go check it on my quad-processor CAD design tower and let you know what I see...
Thanks Pamela; I's... elementary...;)
ReplyDeleteThanks Rob; You're the 2nd to say same. I went back to draft and double checked - seemed ok and I'm seeing in b&w...Dunno...???
Stan - it shows up fine on my quad-processor CAD design tower, just not on my laptop?
ReplyDeleteWho the hell knows... ;)
Thanks Rob; An element of indecision in laptops...? ... very slightly older, but still none the wiser...
ReplyDeleteI getting to be dumber than a rock the older I get... ;)
ReplyDeleteYour not on your own Rob...
ReplyDeleteA history of our time, in 78(?) lines. Elementary, Stan.
ReplyDeleteFinally got the black text to appear on the white back ground. Not sure what happened. I like your brevity list of the chemical elements followed by elements of reason and logic and ultimately metaphysical elements of self reflexive thought. It's like a chain reaction of synaptic transmissions, but "if my head explodes with dark forebodings soon..."
ReplyDelete~Mark
I really liked this one. the long string of the poem works well.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt: Carbon.
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ReplyDeleteDerrick; Just a thought...
Mark; If so, I'll see you there - but you have to look on the bright side...
Poemblaze; To make a relatively short piece appear much longer...
Dan; Basic...
OK - you have ten times more comments than I do and your work is quite good. But you need to tighten your lines for such a linear poem. To do that place your cursor at the end of each line and use shift + enter. Better presentation.
ReplyDeleteThanks Wanda; I'll remember that.
ReplyDeleteNicely Stan, I like the way you put the TITLE in the middle.
ReplyDeletebtw, here's the link to your great, great, great grandmother, Mrs Butcher who ran the Turkish bath.
Hi Stan:
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed traveling through this poem. Your layout worked perfectly to slow me down, to decrease that automatic anticipation of what comes next. Awesome!
Shari
Thanks to:
ReplyDeleteAndy; It wasn't intended as the title, but it could be read that way. I checked out that link. Must be loads more I never knew...
Shari; That WAS what I intended!
nice one stan...looks like we both going down the same road on this poem....anyways thanks again for your words
ReplyDeleteThanks Wayne. I suppose it's just an expansion (or contaction) of the Big Bang Theory.
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