Submissions by sodium589
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." (L.Wittgenstein) I try to shift them in writing. Any questions? Just ask.
A dog's monument
(Entered in "Something Worth Writing)
At Gettysburg Lincoln stated that four
score and seven years before a nation
was brought forth, conceived in liberty,
and dedicated to the proposition that
all men are created equal. He dedicated
the ground for those who gave their
lives that that nation might live.
Four score and nine years ago, 20 men
and their sled dogs risked their lives in
what later became famous as "The
Great Race of Mercy" to bring hope to
the diphtheria-stricken town of Nome.
This heroic deed was honoured by a...
At Gettysburg Lincoln stated that four
score and seven years before a nation
was brought forth, conceived in liberty,
and dedicated to the proposition that
all men are created equal. He dedicated
the ground for those who gave their
lives that that nation might live.
Four score and nine years ago, 20 men
and their sled dogs risked their lives in
what later became famous as "The
Great Race of Mercy" to bring hope to
the diphtheria-stricken town of Nome.
This heroic deed was honoured by a...
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A short history of everything that never happened that way
"...3...2...1...big bang..."
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From a distance
How long does it take hearts
to do just one beat?
How far could thoughts meanwhile flee?
How long does it take to write an e-mail
and how long to get it there
where you want it to be?
How long to gain courage to say
those three magic words
and them, if finally spoken,
to travel across the Milky Way?
So, if distance is what WE make, indeed,
does this to remote lovers mean that,
if using time wisely,
they will - at last- succeed?
to do just one beat?
How far could thoughts meanwhile flee?
How long does it take to write an e-mail
and how long to get it there
where you want it to be?
How long to gain courage to say
those three magic words
and them, if finally spoken,
to travel across the Milky Way?
So, if distance is what WE make, indeed,
does this to remote lovers mean that,
if using time wisely,
they will - at last- succeed?
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Taking a bath
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Song Book
"Voi ch'ascoltate in rime sparse il suono
di quei sospiri ond'io nudriva 'l core..."
Could we - after centuries - read this,
would we remember its author at all,
had we been better off,
if he'd finally got her?
di quei sospiri ond'io nudriva 'l core..."
Could we - after centuries - read this,
would we remember its author at all,
had we been better off,
if he'd finally got her?
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Hollywood
Once
we went to the cinema
holding hands
sitting side by side
they played "Ideas"
at "Plato's".
And
watching shadows passing by
too late
I realized
that you had blinked
just
when another shadow
came along -
the silhouette
of love.
we went to the cinema
holding hands
sitting side by side
they played "Ideas"
at "Plato's".
And
watching shadows passing by
too late
I realized
that you had blinked
just
when another shadow
came along -
the silhouette
of love.
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Letter
Hi, it's me!
Of course, you don't know me - yet.
That's because we've never met before in your life.
Will you do me a favour? Yes?
Then get your ass out of your ivory tower and find that beautiful woman with her radiant smile for me, fall for her, and - well, you know what to do...
If you'd do that for me, I'd always love you - Dad!
Of course, you don't know me - yet.
That's because we've never met before in your life.
Will you do me a favour? Yes?
Then get your ass out of your ivory tower and find that beautiful woman with her radiant smile for me, fall for her, and - well, you know what to do...
If you'd do that for me, I'd always love you - Dad!
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Love isn't prime
No doubt, love is composite -
you can't love on your own.
Two factors are always needed to get it:
two primes, multiplied by each other -
like you and me.
Best, we're not too different -
thus twin primes.
But are there indefinitely many?
Nobody knows yet.
So it is with love,
but hope still grows.
you can't love on your own.
Two factors are always needed to get it:
two primes, multiplied by each other -
like you and me.
Best, we're not too different -
thus twin primes.
But are there indefinitely many?
Nobody knows yet.
So it is with love,
but hope still grows.
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Bestseller
Thinking over last week
six days of work
one day off
seeing that it was good
planting the word
in hearts and minds
"Bereshit bara Elohim..."
six days of work
one day off
seeing that it was good
planting the word
in hearts and minds
"Bereshit bara Elohim..."
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Curriculum vitae
By life itself
you're tossed around
helpless
like butterflies in space
finding rest
only at Lagrangian points
amidst the emptiness of time
ending up in the embrace
of a goddess yet unknown
to fill Olympus once again
with demigods.
you're tossed around
helpless
like butterflies in space
finding rest
only at Lagrangian points
amidst the emptiness of time
ending up in the embrace
of a goddess yet unknown
to fill Olympus once again
with demigods.
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Divorce
Imagine a body
that has just lost it's core
now vigorously falling apart
you call it lovesickness but
do atoms die
of a broken heart?
that has just lost it's core
now vigorously falling apart
you call it lovesickness but
do atoms die
of a broken heart?
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Ballroom
Dancers behind the glass
facelessly moving
three by three
to an unheard cosmic song.
Clock strikes midnight
empty ballroom
no water left
to show Brownian motion.
facelessly moving
three by three
to an unheard cosmic song.
Clock strikes midnight
empty ballroom
no water left
to show Brownian motion.
49 reads
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