I am curled upon myself in seven
hidden dimensions predicted by Superstring Theory,
confident revealing my whereabouts
precludes guessing my velocity.
Paradox of uncertainty handed down by
Heisenberg, mental Mobius of mind,
tethers my strong nuclear force,
I am King of Quantum.
I vibrate in energetic strings
octaves below scale of Stradivarius,
seeking a unified framework
for the duality of space and time.
Like a black-hole event horizon,
where no thought escapes
this gravity of mind,
I ponder blinking out of existence.
A contest entry
- Quantum Thoughts by islekine.
600 points, ended October 8, 2007, 8 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - supermassive black hole by JinSays.
629 points, ended December 8, 2008, 13 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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sound like a trip i took once
soupa
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Damn.
I love love love this.
Excellent from start to finish, I thank you for bringing it to this contest, fantastic read.
PS congratulations on your silver too.
Well deserved.
Love,
jin
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A masterpiece, congrats on the Silver
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Wow, I love this, cleverly entwined words of theory that work well in the lines of your poem. Well done on your silver I'm most impressed!!
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This is great.
I am judging this contest right now...and it's a tough one! You all did such a great job.
*PEACE*
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I concede by default and ignorance that you are indeed, "King of Quantum". LOL I have read every entry here and I am thinking this contest should be viewed with something stronger than coffee. I commend you on even attempting to write for this. I don't understand it, but good luck to ya!
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It's always exciting to find ways of incorporating scientific language/ideas--which are often entirely non-poetic in themselves--into lines and stanzas that transcend into poetry. This is nicely done, especially in the allusion to Stradivarius, to music (of the spheres?) and to the eternal quest to understand the universe.
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