Sunday, December 13, 2009

Billiards

Chimney glass dimmed with soot
Creaking tittering as the mantle shivers
Primeval atoms yearn for flight

Haiku Bones prompt 1: wistful

I love the idea of ancient trapped molecules in kerosene - created by the ur-Sun stabbing into ancient oceans and plants. Then bouncing around in a kerosene lamp flame, liberated and giving light on a windy coastal night.
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11 comments:

  1. Loch RobDecember 13, 2009 at 4:49 PM

    Carbon and other primeval molecules all getting release in the flame. I wonder if any of them get clobbered during the cracking and refining process. Are they really the same critters or are the morphed through the process of refining science? "Their ALIVE.....!" Interesting thoughts.

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  2. anthonynorthDecember 13, 2009 at 6:00 PM

    An intriguing thought in this.

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  3. AmityDecember 13, 2009 at 11:59 PM

    a scientific poem, it is!

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  4. AmityDecember 13, 2009 at 11:59 PM

    a scientific poem, it is!

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  5. spacedlawDecember 14, 2009 at 1:37 AM

    Long time no posting! Thanks for the treat.

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  6. fourwindshaigaDecember 14, 2009 at 4:07 PM

    So descriptive- I can almost see the shiver.

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  7. Tumblewords:December 14, 2009 at 10:44 PM

    Trapped indeed! How many times I've watched a mantle shiver. Lovely piece!

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  8. Quiet PathsDecember 15, 2009 at 12:48 PM

    This piece rather gave me a little shiver too! We all have those primordial bits yearning for freedom.

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  9. MaggieDecember 15, 2009 at 5:15 PM

    You certainly gave me much to think about.

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  10. Beth P.December 16, 2009 at 10:18 AM

    damn fine!

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  11. Aulice PayneDecember 16, 2009 at 9:24 PM

    Ooh I bet you're fun to talk too. I love science fiction, I bet you are a writer in that genre. I'll be your fan grrl if you are "!"

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