Atom smashing by Penfoldius Gobers
We split the atom with mighty whacks
until all that’s left are the cracks in the cracks
Into these I climb to walk the line
between voodoo and quantum mechanics
Splitting the atom is a messy affair
so we leave it to someone with sandals and long hair
Who thinks of phase and spin and cosmic string
Of parralell dimensions accessible by wheelchair
Heisenberg Bohr, Planck and Dirac
These are the sorcerers of the new era
Who have seen further
Who have swum deeper
Schrodinger thought that he`d put his cat
into a box with a gun to its head
but its not dead or alive at this junction
We await the collapse of the wave function
We split the atom with mighty whacks
until all that’s left are the cracks in the cracks
Into these I climb to walk the line
between voodoo and quantum mechanics
2007-06-21 11:12:55 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
We genuflect to Penfold, he's
The greatest sage in history
His wisdom knows no Earthly bounds
He wears a master's robe and crown
From his alter in the clouds
His verses make our country proud
We bow to you, oh glowing one
You're really frikkin funny, son...
2007-06-21 11:42:46 · answer #1 · answered by TD Euwaite? 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Penfold this is the wrong section !
Mechanical-Poetry-Engineering has got to be posted under
Home&Garden under Decorating and Remodeling
or
Mentainance&Repairs
but I find the poem to be hair-splittingly fascinating and the next Penemünde "V3 Poem-cluster-missile-Price" will be yours.
sincerely TD
2007-06-21 18:40:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Nice nod to Stephen Hawking on the parallel dimensions line. I doubt that quantum physics has found much play in poetry, but I liked your many references, and they weren't jarring to the flow of the poem.
2007-06-21 18:20:15 · answer #3 · answered by Todd 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You keep on yacking
About the whacking...
You yack of fission but fusion,
yet still remains an illusion.
I actually like the first 25 lines a lot! You know what's next. Wait for it... Wait for it.......Yoink!
2007-06-21 18:51:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about you but you confuse me with the collapse of the wave function, my Granny had one of those, she cant wave her arms no more, poor thing.
2007-06-22 05:08:15 · answer #5 · answered by tyler durden 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wow! What a genius mind!
2007-06-29 17:12:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Penfold you are amazing. I love this. Clever and unique.
2007-06-21 20:04:05 · answer #7 · answered by The Dark Prince 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well done well done. I bow to your superiority.
In the vernacular: You gots skillz, yo!
2007-06-21 18:37:09 · answer #8 · answered by Cinnibuns 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
. . . . during moments like this, I miss William Wordsworth. I really do!
2007-06-28 07:01:41 · answer #9 · answered by ari-pup 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋