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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion 
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QED In the delicate balance of walls, the furniture and us, the air is chilled by the rush of doubt. This space expands diametrically - from this couch to that chair; I’m aware of a crackling, a tension of posture that simultaneously attracts and repels – we should touch but do not. Nourished, the chasm of paralysis quadruples. We follow an invisible design to fall away. A memory: a Faucault pendulum in a museum long ago - a heart-shaped weight suspended by piano wire dangling an inch above a sandy floor, gradually knocking down a perimeter of dominos, the gravity of rotation. © 2002 C.M. Bailey Main Entry: Fou·cault pendulum Pronunciation: "fü-'kO- Function: noun Etymology: J.B.L. Foucault Date: 1931 : a freely swinging pendulum that consists of a heavy weight hung by a long wire and that swings in a constant direction which appears to change showing that the earth rotates [This message has been edited by Corinne (07-29-2002 11:33 PM).] |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
  (big hugggsssssss) Oh Corinne, I know this donino effect so well, sweet friend, I have been to the planetarium before and just find it fascinating how time and gravity seem to cause that perfect rotation and knock all the dominoes down! (smiles) I love the analogy of this, sweet friend, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Corinne, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
a very interesting and well done analogy - science and relationship in action - well written poetry - I liked it - Paul |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Thank you sweet Noah! I spent hours watching that pendulum to see one domino knocked down! Thank you kindly, Paul! Cor |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Corinne I really enjoyed the way you wrote this...interesting and well thought out. |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
This poem, as pendulum, has knocked me down. I seem to have missed your posts, before now. Really enjoyed this. Now, I must go find more Corinne. The shortest distance between two points... |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Corinne Interesting write, enjoyed. |
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Parker Member Elite
since 2000-01-06
Posts 3129ON |
aaah.... this is interesting. Your poetry swings with the earth. Are you the pendulum or the Earth? Park |
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OLIAS Senior Member
since 2000-06-20
Posts 1090Pearl city Iowa |
Wonderful discriptive write most enjoyed. Thank you Regards, Olias. |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
Nicely done gal...as always....(I thought this might be about Balladeer's degree, then I noticed it was QED, not GED..)But I still loved the write... |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
a unique approach to this one Corinne. . . the swinging continues. . . well done. . . ---------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Thanks everyone! Wranx - a special thank you! Park, good to see you here, how are you??? Cor |
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winston Member
since 2002-12-19
Posts 204NW of Eden |
I was going to say that there is a typo but won't since it is spelt right in the informative bit below. Just out of curiosity, what has 1931 to do with Jean Foucault? Did he not die in the 1860s? :-) |
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