This Turning

Welcomes even the most foolish of sunbeams.
Planets are information. Information spins.

The grain of these walks
Like cloud-work in the unfurling leaves.

There are no economic reductions.
The stars heed even the
Jellyfish in the sea.

Silence ends in the noise
Of nothing at all.

Again and again, the moon holds its weight
Above the city lights, a wanderer too.

The revolution cannot be solved for.
Dreams sweep away data.

20 thoughts on “This Turning

  1. Wow, Bob. I’ve read this 3 times. I feel like it carries me in … to both the infinite and the miniscule. All the information of the universe sweeping in and out like breaths. That’s how it feels to me.
    Or like waves under the pregnant moon. Wonderful!

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  2. I had a blast reading this, the way you capture the massive and the small in the same sentence takes me out of my head. And wow, the way you started the poem off “Planets are information. Information spins.”……and then ended the poem with “Dreams sweep away data”…..to me, it’s kind of like saying dreams are the ace in the deck, ace being the high card or maybe I messed up the meaning, but man oh man, do I love dreams.

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  3. I really enjoyed how your poem looks back and forth, from Earth-bound (jellyfish, city lights) to space-spotted (stars, moon). And back and forth from information to dreams sweeping that away. Your poem spins in a fantastic way. 🙂

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