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Open Poetry #21

The Nature of Time

ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

0 posted 2002-06-26 12:25 PM

what is this time
fruit of the vine
ready to be picked
has physicists licked

it seems we have a genuine past
but those pasts do not last
the future appears to be set too
futures change, that's just too true

a view states objects are seen in reference to each other
to pinpoint what cannot be seen...why bother
to Newton time was a sea that endlessly flowed
to modernists, it's time's duration that glows

to some there is string theory and the hows
to others there's no stream of time only nows
feel life slipping through your fingers
how can that be if the nows don't linger?

for the quantum theorists..there are sub-atomic particles
pragmatists see objects in relation to others as articles
if the flow of time is just an illusion
on it's nature, what is the conclusion?

[This message has been edited by ecrivan (06-26-2002 12:27 AM).]

darkling
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since 2001-08-28

Posts 90
altered state of mind

1 posted 2002-06-26 12:29 PM

I've always been fascinated by the concept of time. This poem is wonderful. And I GOT TO IT FIRST! yay! I often ponder about things that lead to circular thoughts, like the 'chicken & egg' connundrum. That's why I love reading your work, you give me something to think about.
Keep the ink flowing!

its amazing what one single word can do.

ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

2 posted 2002-06-26 12:34 PM

why thanks for sharing your views, I quite liked the imagiantion of the string theorists, but wonder if that's going to get them to a conclusion

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