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| is for Isaac |
Isaac’s obsession and the
consequent loss to humanity
How far the apple falls from the
tree -
a key issue, as I’m sure you’ll
agree.
But Isaac? he veered off
with the direction of the drop,
obsessed with G to an absurd degree.
The result is: we can only declare
that the apple will fall, not when
nor where.
It can’t be calculated
how far the fall is slated,
because Isaac Newton just did not
care.I is for Island : which is what I live on, I mean, literally. Not that I Ingest one as food.
Island, that no man Is, John assures me. Yeah, right. I am not so convinced. Maybe in John's time, It was so (he's is bit older than me, born 16th century). Men were mainlands then. Now vastly different story...more and more people are morphing Into Islands It seems to me. One minute, a human, next minute s/he grabs a gizmo and wham...an Island! It is beyond Imagining.
You have gone past Interesting, Indeed Intriguing is more accurate. I do think that far too many of us are Islands now. Desert Islands. And wonder whether the Incessant 'business' has a part to play...
ReplyDeleteDesert Island is so apt! Far too many desert islands on this island
DeleteEnjoyed this thank you for sharing
ReplyDeleteThanks
DeleteAll he knew was the apple fell and hit him!
ReplyDeleteIf only he'd wondered why it fell at that exact spot :)
DeleteIt was such a lucky apple to find Newton's head from so many others.
ReplyDeleteHank
True! Lucky apple, half lucky us
DeleteWe do easily become islands in an instant these days, don't we?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely...sometimes I think no-one needs the gizmos either..in island mode with or without them
DeleteI am Inspired to read this loudly just to get the rhythm of the rhyme. Would be super if you did something for kids. Am reminded of the Cat in the Hat books (Dr.Seuss) I read to my kids.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Seena
#AtoZChallenge- I is for Immunizations
Now that's an idea for next year! :D
DeleteDr Seuss was a staple in my household till my child could read. Miss the days of reading kiddie books out loud now
Superb poem! Thanks so much for writing it. I am always in awe of your talent. Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nicola, and thanks for being here. Glad you are enjoying the limericks.
DeleteThanks for that sweet little masterpiece! Enjoying all of your A-Z posts
ReplyDeleteOpen Minded Mormon A-Z
Thanks for visiting, Duncan
DeleteWell Issac sure made my life hell with all I had to cram at school, thankfully erased from memory now! Yes we do make instant Islands of ourselves don't we, that's progress or so we think!
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:D Isaac made all our lives hell for a time, thankfully I can look back now with calm acceptance and perspective (not much)
DeleteLovely post (and fun to read out loud). I agree that more people are becoming islands. Isn't it ironic that social media pulls us more into ourselves and away from other people?
ReplyDeleteLimericks do sound better aloud, I guess any rhymed poetry does. The Irony of social media would fuel endless A-Z themes/posts indeed. Thanks for being here.
DeletePoor Isaac Newton! Known forever for a bump on the head.
ReplyDeleteYep, three famous apple eaters as you know - Eve, Newton, Steve Jobs :)
DeleteI'm thinking of the song: No Man Is An Island, that I taught to my students a few years ago. It was actually a part of the morning assembly repertoire.
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That made me think of songs/hymns that we used to sing in school assemblies- a long time ago.. Donne's poetry is amazing! didn't know that no man is an island is also sung..
DeleteNice poem and it is good to know you are not the eater of islands, although I now need to go and find out who it is that is.
ReplyDeleteWell you seem to be doing well with this A to Z thing so well done and good luck as you head towards Z which is still a long way off somewhere beyond the letter O.
And thanks for visiting my humble little blog I am having a very quiet A to Z this year indeed. . . Maybe I should be less grumpy and stop throwing apples as folk. I certainly am not going to throw one at that Isaac Newton, that all ended in loads of equations.
If there is an eater of islands, in mythology or reality, Csenge at The Multicoloured Diary will know. You should totally ask her and save yourself a pile of trouble.
DeleteThank you for your encouragement, I try to do my best but people like Newton have done such inexplicable things that they make it difficult to write the limericks properly. Good idea not to throw any further apples, you never know what that would end up as.
I am an occasional visitor to your blog, but I have to maintain my reputation as the topmost lurker in the blogosphere so I don't always comment, except for the A-Z.
Have a great week!
Hi, Nila, so true. You walk into a room and 90% of the people in have their heads bent and a device in hand. Amazing! Love your work this A to Z, so creative, and so thoughtful!
ReplyDeleteHappy Monday!
Happy Monday to you too Yolanda! and it's quite strange if you compare what happened 20 years ago when you got into a waiting room or public space and eye contact was inevitable. You had to say a hello at least. Now everyone is looking at their devices so nothing said, no communication, no connection...
DeleteI also live on an island and love it here. When the air is rich with the smell of the ocean my brain seems to work better!
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#AtoZchallenge http://www.kathleenvalentineblog.com/
My island, not that it belongs to me or anything, anyways this island I am on isn't in the ocean, it's in a gulf and that makes the sea calm like lakewaters and it is the most beautiful colour imaginable, shading from aquamarine to azure to a rich emerald
DeleteI hear you on the gizmo thing. I haven't gotten a smart phone and don't want one. I will carry books around and disappear into one in a waiting room.
ReplyDeleteFunny how one can disappear into a book and that doesn't make an island at all!
DeleteI've always wondered if I could actually live on an island. Perhaps. I love the sea and I'd have my choice of a lot of it if I chose the right island.
ReplyDeleteI have lived on islands and mainlands and by the sea and miles from the sea, and it's all good, except the human islands :) thanks for coming over
DeleteWhat an amazing style of writing and commenting on the discoveries! Simply loved it.. And a few rhymes were simply cherry on the cake :)
ReplyDeleteCheers
Geets
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the rhymes
DeleteReally nice😊
ReplyDeletePositiveVibes ✌
I for I am beauty redefined
Please drop by
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DeleteThese are crazy good. How are you doing this day in and day out? I'm so impressed!
ReplyDeleteJulie Valerie - "An I for an I"
http://www.julievalerie.com/thesaurus-tyrannosaurus-i/
Thank you. I don't want to ruin the mystique and your great impression of my limericking skills :) but the posts are all written in advance, mostly
DeleteI like that Isaac didn't care. Funny. All clever. I look forward to the week ahead. Enjoy
ReplyDeleteYou have a great week too. Thanks for being here.
DeleteGood old Newton. I loved your poem. Good thing is that he didn't take part in this challenge, he might have posted only G-posts as he was "obsessed with G" ;-)
ReplyDeleteBut it's a good thing that he was because otherwise mankind would still float around in space instead of having both feet on the ground. * lol *
ClaoWue
from
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I think that should qualify for the best comment of the day award! And that is a super duper cool theme idea right there, for whoever wants to take it up next year(not me, I'd be speechless with anxiety and blogger's block) - 'A-Z challenge if Newton took it'...or Mendel, or Descartes, or whoever made your life hell in school :D Thanks!
DeleteTruly Talented you are..With these poetic lines, you weave a story..
ReplyDeleteNot me, I din't do anythin' blame on the guy with the apple bump :D
DeleteGreat post. Love the Isaac Newton line. Also, great island analogy, man as mainland. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it, thanks
Deletewhat goes up.....must come down!
ReplyDeleteYup, can't stay up, not in the tree, but still don't know how far it will fall :) thanks for visiting
DeleteThis was a fun rhyme to read aloud. :)
ReplyDeleteJoy @ The Joyous Living
:) Glad you enjoyed it, thanks
DeleteIt seems a little unfair to blame Isaac Newton (who sounds like he was a really unpleasant guy, but still) for not being interested in genetics. We can't all be experts in everything, can we? I'd say that after thinking up his laws of motion, he earned the right to call it a day.
ReplyDeleteNicer life for me at school if he had called it a day before thinking up the laws :D thanks for coming over
DeleteI for Isaac! Who would have thought !? Scientists and physics dont usually catch the attention of writers and poets, but wonderfully done.
ReplyDeleteSamra @ http://3cheers-to-life.blogspot.com/
Pity they don't, if that is the case, Some wonderfully rich lives, interesting characters and many prompts there for writers/poets both comic and serious.. thanks for visiting.
DeleteOne has to wonder where Paul Simon fits in this discussion.
ReplyDeleteHe does? Clueless about that too :)
DeleteWell, he did write the song "I Am a Rock," so I figured...
DeleteAh, I see!.. I can see clearly now ...the tube-light has finally come on
DeleteEnjoyed the Isaac poem.
ReplyDeleteI is for Isaac: clever poem. :)
ReplyDeleteS.T.U.F.F.
nice post
ReplyDeleteBut we can rejoin the mainland if we so wish...
ReplyDeleteLiz A. from
Laws of Gravity
Interesting (and funny)
ReplyDelete@mysilverstreaks from
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Really nice😊
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I for I am beauty redefined
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