Poetry- Physics Entropy | 10 Mar 2010
Often I Imagine the Earth
Often I imagine the earth
through the eyes of the atoms we’re made of—
atoms, peculiar
atoms everywhere—
no me, no you, no opinions,
no beginning, no middle, no end,
soaring together like those
ancient Chinese birds
hatched miraculously with only one wing,
helping each other fly home.
-By Dan Gerber
Dan Gerber lives in the mountains of Central California. His most recent book is A Primer on Parallel Lives.
Source: Poetry Magazine
on 12 Mar 2010 at 5:20 am 1.Sandy said …
OH, I love this poem! Like a mini Heart Sutra. And, at our best, isn’t this what we’re all doing…helping each other fly home!
Bowing and smiling in the Hudson Valley,
Sandy