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“There comes a time when the world gets quiet
and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of
it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.”
― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time
that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Cosmic Minutia
Such a simple concept,
ingenious invention
hands upon a face,
circling;
weights, pulleys,
pendulums and gears
measuring off
the minute bits –
hours, minutes,
seconds
of our
tiny
lives.
Equally simple,
infinitely beautiful, breathes
nature’s luminous machinery:
her universal clock
calibrating days, months,
seasons, years, eons
in the rotations and revolutions
of planets
about a star.
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The above poem is written in
response to Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic Asides APRIL PAD (Poem-A-Day) Challenge
for Day 3 (a “machine” poem): http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2015-april-pad-challenge-day-3
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Beautiful -- the sentiment, the choice of words, the form, the photos. A nod of recognition here..
ReplyDeleteThank you, Nurit -- kind words indeed!
DeleteSo beautiful. :)
ReplyDeleteAhhh, thanks, De! So glad you enjoyed it! :)
DeleteThis made me think. I had never thought of clocks as beautiful. Love the comparison to the orbiting planets.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely compliment -- when a poem makes one think. Thank you, Barbara! So glad you stopped by! :)
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