Have you ever considered
the depth of a raindrop?
Not in millimeters,
diameter,
the incestuous child
of pi r squared,
and pi(ab).
How many does it take
to make a blade of grass grow?
A tree?
A forest?
Is their a finite supply
that falls and rises
like tides
on dwindling seas?
Are they tears
wept for flesh-bare angels,
that fall silent
without a crust of bread?
What happens
when the last one falls?
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This is a wonderfully wrought-out message.
Falls heavier upon me
than a monsoon of feelings.
All began as a single drop.
Filled with intrigue, Pat.
I like the way the poem arises, peaks, and and then falls back
Here is the form I get from reading the poem:
/\
\/
Know what I mean?
a scorched sort of place and our epitaph will be it was someone elses fault
pat, this is so profound... love it!
neat poem:)
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There is a great range of speculation here. I'm a sucker for this type of poem, BIG TIME! Wistful, beautiful and sad. Loved it!!!
well done, pat, well done!
i'm with aurora
this is a fine piece
Excellent...deep thoughts about ordinary stuff.
meticulously crafted...
on the lighter side I remembered my Geometry teacher in the School who use to teach us the circumference of a circle (2pai r) volume (Pai r square)
Beautiful. Great questions?
'Whenever a nation refuses to pay poor-rate, God will, in return, deny them the rain and blessings coming from heavens.
If it were not for animals, not a single raindrop would have fallen.' (attributed to Mohammed)
i saw ur message...thank u.....
i dont know how to follow the comment....
This is simply a spellbindingly, beautiful question. What depth in your text writing and thought.
I came here from "Past Tense" - from the sidebar links, and I'm happy to be here and have you share your talent with us!!
I do believe there is a finite supply of water. The percentage of fresh to salty is astonishingly small. That makes it all the more precious, as this poem seems to say.
wonderful!
Thank you Aurora!
Thanks Don! Understand the poem building, peaking, and falling back, not sure I understand the symbols.
Sue you are right!! Always is! I think it's Aurora's!!
Thank you Kai!! I did.
Thanks Russell!!
Peter, I don't either!!
Andrew, I think we'd all be very "well done"!
Thanks Floots! (She's a dangerous person to hang out with).
Thanks Vaughn!!
Shyamalee, I remember my geometry teacher too, and it's not a good memory!! Thank you!!
Thanks Borut!!
Wystful I am very glad you did!! Thank you for such a wonderful compliment!!
Christine, regardless of who, what, where and when we all stop without it!
Thanks Sage!!
its really a wonderful message,love yr comments about whitney's post
Each one counts for something.
beautiful!
eloquent.
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