Precisely spinning on its course through space –
with physics and a chemistry required
for water, atmosphere and thermal spans
where cells with coded data systems thrive
and thus perpetuate the singular
phenomenon identified as life –
there is a world to prove that God exists.
As long as we have breathed the air of Earth
our kind has been inherently aware
of Deity divined above, beyond
humanity confined in life till death.
Created sentient, intelligent,
we close our minds or seek The God Who Is
against the day we touch our Maker’s hand.
We learn and live as energetic dust
by nature, nurture, strength of mind and will
in billions of unique identities.
Confined within our egocentric minds,
constrained by bonds of ethnocentric thought,
with loves and fears comprised in space and time,
we cannot comprehend The Great I Am.
The ex nihilo of eternity’s
infinity defines existence and defies
dimensional conceptions sensed or based
on metrics with a point of origin.
Divine dynamics found the universe
in utter space when never there was time,
confounding all our vanities of mind.
Existence is, and all of it is there.
The spectrum that we comprehend reveals
another quantum just beyond our grasp.
Our reason starts and ends with data sensed,
but things not sensed exist no less for that.
The chaos is but truth for us reserved
with God Who Is To Be forever there.
Author notes
Iambic pentameter blank verse, with content much influenced by the philosophy of French mathematician Rene Descartes.
In a list
A contest entry
- CAUSE AND EFFECT by Pisces rainbow.
1350 points, ended June 10, 2008, 7 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - What is the answer to life, universe and everything? by Dark Otter.
600 points, ended August 12, 2008, 15 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - "Why not tell us what you are thinking" - Winklings #146 by Lyndon.
1750 points, ended November 24, 2008, 14 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Congratulations on the amazing trophy wins. You have created a very thought provoking poem. Thank you for sharing it with us.
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This poem is very well crafted. I'm glad I found your work on this site. Your ideas resonate with mine.
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Outstanding
"Divine dynamics found the universe
in utter space when never there was time,
confounding all our vanities of mind."
What Is Time?
Time is a creation of the mind.
It is our measurement of objects in motion.
The earth's rotation and orbit defined
As the standard for time in our notion.
Time is not a thing in itself.
But the ordered forms of all movement in nature.
Summarized by the clock on the shelf,
As the second-hand turns we see time for sure.
With the standard for time being the motion of the earth's rotation (days) and orbit of the sun (years), time is our measurement of all of the coordinated motion of everything in the Universe. Everything is in motion and goes through a different process of change. Don't tell me it isn't due to Intelligent Design. Otherwise everything in existence would be chaotic.
Time, as we record it, catalogs the ordered changes everything undergoes.
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Also see http://allpoetry.com/poem/1564665
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I enjoy your poetic consideration of time in your comment, and I agree that without motion time is moot. On the other hand, motion is the engine of creation. If anything at all exists, then so does time. Intelligence defined as reaction to information is inherent to sentience at any level, so we are as naturally aware of time as we are of existence. All our theories break down, though, when we try to identify the beginning of information and intelligence.
Ultimately, it all runs like clockwork, but it is ridiculous to imagine a clock without a clockmaker. The clockmaker exist apart from the clock, and is not subject to its limitations. However, the clock cannot exist or run without its maker and keeper.
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Far reaching realms of thought , and wonder, serves as the peripatetic's playground. Your coda is the very basis of all creation, exnihilo lovingly written with the poet's hand.
"We cannot comprehend the great I Am"
But the ability to wonder, even contemplate His existence is the surety of creation in His image!
Thank you for this. It always pays to go back and read the first chapter once in a while.
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WOW!
Grat job! Good luck in the contest!
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It is a beautiful piece!
In form, thought and content. I enjoyed your share, immensely. I agree with the other comments; you did well in interweaving science and theology. This is a strong piece crafted carefully. It is thought provoking.
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Thanks!
I appreciate contests for the exposure they allow for our creative efforts whether a ranking is achieved or not. I have not been commenting much lately, only reading here and there.
I have seen your username on several interesting contests and comments. If your work does not pop up on the random tab, I will make it a point to stop by!
Ben
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This makes such a strong statement about the nature of God. I wholly agree. God must exist and very existence in this world is proof. I loved the flow and how you mixed science and theology so successfully. A well deserved medal I think.
P.S. Thanks for the comments and I really like your author's page. Very informative
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Thank you very much. I look forward to reading more of your work since being introduced to it in the recent contest. The benefit of contests is not holding or winning them; it's the discovery of talents we might have otherwise missed!
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Are you involved in science as a profession? I only ask because this piece seems so technical (which is not in any way, shape, or form a bad thing). You have done an excellent job in creating something both 'heavy duty' and poetic. Thank you for entering.
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I have an interest in the philosophical and spiritual implications of scientific phenomena and mathematical theories. I once read an article by a scientist which concluded with the idea that someday a physicist will reach the mountaintop of knowledge of how things are and came to be only to find a theologian waiting with the question, "What took you so long?"
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Definitely not a "fast food" piece!
It strikes me as a braiding of three pieces, single poems marked by their indentations, that can be savored separately or combined at mind's table.
Loved so many of your lines: "humanity confined in life till death," "seek...the day we touch our Maker's hand," "confounding all our vanities of mind."
Outstanding reflections "the spectrum that we comprehend reveals another quantum just beyond our grasp" and "things not sensed exist no less for that."
Plainly, a lot of thought has gone into this. Very well done!
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You have a very good eye for discerning the "argument" of the poem! There are (as you note) three main points with two transitional verses between them. The unindented lines when read without the intervening lines are simply 3 statements about the nature of the world, the gulf between the natures of God and humanity, and the nature of existence as it relates to God.
This has a poetic heritage that extends from the Psalms of David, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes through the Prophet Jeremiah to Shakespeare, Milton, and Blake. A lot of thought did go into it, but I am not sure that much was original with me!
Thank you for your perceptive comment, and especially for noting lines that you found especially appealing. It is always nice to hear the specifics rather than the just a generic, "This was great."
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an excellent entry for this thoughtprovoking contest ... wonderful vocabulary and regular meter make this poetic gem a true joy to read and digest ... a great reminder of the impermanence of the phenomenal world and an invitation to taste that which is free from birth and death ...
thank you so much for sharing your spirit,
maa
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My Cosmopolitan Friend
Your poetic expression is delightful as well as thought provoking. For these I am sure I will return often to your fascinating page.
Thank you so much for the comment, "an invitation to taste that which is free from birth and death..." which is how I view your postings on this site!
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Awesome write, very well written with excellent word choice, I liked it all so much I can't even pick out a favorite part, good luck in your contest, I definatly think it deserves the gold, again, great write.
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Thank you!
I am very gratified by your enthusiastic response to this posting. The contest was timely, being opened just as I finished the poem. I haven't read all of the entries in the contest, but several are very good!
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absolutely wow!
excellent
I am still trying to wrap my mind around these exquisite words.
not at all what I expected, so much more.
thank you for your entry
God bless...
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Very nicely done, poet!!
The spectrum that we comprehend reveals
Another quantum just beyond our grasp.
Our reason starts and ends with data sensed,
But things not sensed exist no less for that.
The chaos is but truth for us reserved
These are my favorite lines.
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Thanks!
James, it is gratifying to have someone make special note of certain lines. We are a series of filters in a literary distillation of concepts. You took time to read the poem thoroughly, now words which came through me reside in another writer for continued sifting and transfer until they spring at last in the pure spirit of their meaning.
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