All the Diamonds Raining

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Poem of the week

By Ewan

Sat, 21 May 2022
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We bet, Pascal and I,

 

all the diamonds raining

 

on Jupiter and Saturn

 

that something is out there.

 

He glories in uncertainty,

 

I in its opposite.

 

He thinks it is God,

 

I think you know it is not.

 

 

 

Others argue over the shape

 

and size of the universe,

 

which is as futile as guessing

 

the geometry of buildings

 

on a planet where gases are sentient.

 

 

 

Whatever ‘it’ may be,

 

I hope it never finds us,

 

for our first encounter

 

will turn ‘it’ to ‘them’

 

and then to 'other'

 

within the time it takes

 

to see a difference.

 

 

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Comments

Submitted by Ewan on

before. Had a major faff caused by my phone and ended up deleting and reposting the post.  

 

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Submitted by marandina on

You seem to have lost the previous complimentary comments. Oh... into the breach then...A wonderful poem erring on the side of cosmic philosophy. Paul 

 

Submitted by Ewan on

Couldn't be helped. At least it wasn't anything to do with the infamous "glitch"!

 

 

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Submitted by Kris on

I cant relate. Have know Idea what its like. Totally lost. Never made a mistake here at ABC.

All my software runs perfectly all the time. Stable mobile connections, precision hyperlinks and login's, flawless key strokes. Hardware, middleware, software, cloud, utopia.

Faff's, fumbles, boo-boos, cock-ups, F-up's w/ foul language metaphors, meltdowns, pull your hair out moments, blood pressure raising incidents, hand banging outbursts and then some...... I know not.

I am at one with my digital existence, in a zone of balanced online peace & tranquility.

<namaste>

(That's a bold faced lie, meant as a joke. Just throwing a stone across the channel there, hope it lands with a smile :)..... Poem: I relate. I can travel on that wave length. Thx for the journey Ewan... 

Cheers

 

 

 

 

Submitted by Ewan on

Joke acknowledged, accepted and enjoyed in the spirit in which it was intended. Thanks for stopping by!

 

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Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

This is our Poem of the Week - Congratulations!

 

Submitted by Ewan on

to receive this accolade.

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Submitted by catherine poarch on

I loved this poem. I know nothing about Pascal - and am not sure why d i o and d are in bold in diamond - but it took me up to Space and back in a few lines and the last few echoed a lot of what I write about myself so I have to agree!  Good pick of the day!

 

Submitted by onemorething on

So, as stated in the Inspiration Point, I've taken a cue from your poem to write my poem, Meadowsweet. :)

 

Submitted by Ewan on

Meadowsweet is a sweet as a meadow in springtime.

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Submitted by Rhiannonw on

I can’t say that I understand all of this, Ewan, but with the IP challenge this week, I felt I’d like to try to follow up some of what you say. Rhiannon

 

 

Submitted by seannelson on

Not a bad poem; I like the Pascal reference. Enter the Angel Anarchica 

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