For thoughts on the writing of this poem, see below. Originally published on IMUNURI.
(s)
a = morning
b = afternoon
c = evening
d = day
does a + b + c = d
(?)
apparent passage
of time
walks all over
everything
we think
($)
without time
the space
between
things would not
contain monies
(!)
as if those
spaces
did as we think
dark matter
anti matter
(*)
IT previously
not conceived of
not seen
electroweak field
strong interaction
| (10−22) |
of a second
disassembles
Standard Model*
shaking in its
spin-parity
(¡)
little
do we know
yet beautifully adapt
(we = cognizant)
as/within all forces
(<3)
*the so-called Standard Model of Elementary Particles
This poem found its canvas and spark via an experimental poetry, group blog, IMUNURI,which I write on somewhat frequently. The prompt we were given for this cycle of writing was called Zephyr. I find the prompts can spark something for me, as in the case of this poem, that otherwise I may not have arrived at within a more familiar terrain.
I’ve had a lay person’s passion for quantum mechanics and quantum physics for as long as I can remember. Recently, I’ve been reading on the phenomena of entanglement or quantum entanglement in The God Effect by Brian Clegg (St Martin’s Press 2006). This phenomena is not a mind boggler for me, as it is something I experience again and again and seem to have a perception of rather naturally. Yet I am fascinated by its seeming elusiveness. Clegg describes the time when (some very famous) physicists could not conceive of matter exhibiting non-locality (or entanglement.) For some it was considered a joke or, at best, utterly outside of classic lines of thinking, thus impossible.
I’m inspired by the shape shifting aspects of certainty. What we once thought certain, no longer is from a different perspective. Can we let ourselves be open to new perspectives? It’s that ‘outside of the box’ possibility that inspired this poem. Playful, risky, celebratory ~ all characteristics of an experimental poetics.
Life Being Life 