cradling into death

by Snoink

Published May 26, 2007

In Poetry

shhhh...

listen to the soft sway of oscillations
lowering us back into dust
a subtle reminder that Energy is conserved
but angular momentum is not.

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Crysi
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Crysi wrote a review Review · Jun 3, 2007

No more angular momentum!!!

*laughs*

I really liked this. I like the "Shhh..." at the beginning. I hear it in a calming whisper, perhaps set to the background of ocean waves. The physics interrupts that natural feeling, and the last two lines feel like they belong more in a parody than in a serious poem.

I don't really like it, I'm afraid. It has cool lines in it, but they don't work together. They're contradicting in tone, as someone said. Nice try, though.

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oregongirl
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oregongirl commented Comment · Jun 3, 2007

This was very simple and I enjoyed it! :D

ML,
oregongirl

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Reyu
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Reyu commented Comment · Jun 3, 2007

Made me think of "The Pit and the Pendulum"
but im weird. 8)

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sworddance
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sworddance wrote a review Review · May 27, 2007

rofl omg too funny, just like the other one.
With all that soft and poetical feeling i didn't see the physics thing coming; that was hilarious. I'm sorry, but I must email these to my physics/chem nerd friend. teeheet :D

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nymphidius wrote a review Review · May 27, 2007

Momentum is always conserved! :P :P :P

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Leja
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Leja wrote a review Review · May 27, 2007

"shhh" was the perfect way to begin; otherwise I would have heard it as shouting, but here I hear it as whispering, especially when followed by all the other "s" sounds.

I'm not sure what the dust part is all about, but physics (physics, yes?) is not so much my thing.

Nothing to change here :D

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Chandni
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Chandni wrote a review Review · May 27, 2007

I wished you could go deeper on this, it's short for what could've been longer and more enjoyable.

I'll have to agree with Xanthan and say, "shhhh..." is better off removed.

It was a nice short read ;)

Sumi H. Inkblot wrote a review Review · May 26, 2007

:echoes everybody else:

I like the shhh...and yes, short is nice. Especially on funny haikus. XD

Nice job not mincing words- I find it hard to not do that. :D

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Lady Pirate
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Lady Pirate wrote a review Review · May 26, 2007

I like this, it is short, sweet, simple and to the point.

I love the Shh at the beginning. It's almost as if, there is a lot of noise around you and then you shh them, and everything goes quiet, and you are able to whisper to the words of your poem into stillness.

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xanthan gum
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xanthan gum wrote a review Review · May 26, 2007

shhhh...

This seems so informal compared to the rest of the poem. I'd suggest something along the lines of "shush" or just "shh" (two h's) if you want to keep it, although I don't see much of a point with it

something euclidean commented Comment · May 26, 2007

I liked this; the only thing is the cadence of the last line doesn't have the same long-wavelength feeling of the rest of the poem.

still: physics and poetry go well together.

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miyaviloves
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miyaviloves commented Comment · May 26, 2007

Hmm, I didn't quite get it? It might be because I don't know what oscillations means/are...I will look it up :D

All the best,
Meevs
x

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Fabien
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Fabien commented Comment · May 26, 2007

This piece is contradicting to me.

Complicated and factual,
yet it was simple and philosophical.

Out of the blue, but I enjoyed it.



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