Intuitively Speaking

[tectak]

Intuitively Speaking.
There always are two points upon the surface of the earth
where on a line drawn centrally, the temperatures are equal.
Argue if you must, but intuition is not safe.

Ecclesiastes noted that how odd it was to see
that rivers run with constancy into the sea, yet strangely,
oceans are not full; thus there must be some small mistake.

A bumble-bee can never fly, its wings are under-sized;
yet here he comes a-buzzing me, he knows not of his failings,
and so he flies about, and does not tumble from the air.

A concrete boat will float quite well, provided that its weight
is something less than what, in terms of water, it displaces.
Of course, we once used wood but steel is better I believe.

So I believe a lot of things, and most of them are true.
Until I find a reason to believe what others tell me
pigs won't take off, god won't come down,
things won't fall up, dolphins won't talk,
and wars won't stop, and...well, I guess,
that argue if you must, but intuition is not safe.

tectak
1977 revisited
...to give hope to newbies.

[Truerenigma]

Hey this reminds me of a project someone told me about that they had to undertake in flight school - the challenge was to make a concrete airplane that would fly and the faculty laughing said it was impossible especially for these young students but try anyway and try as they might they succeeded.

[LorettaYoung]

There always are two points upon the surface of the earth
where on a line drawn centrally, the temperatures are equal.
Argue if you must, but intuition is not safe.

Ecclesiastes noted that how odd it was to see
that rivers run with constancy into the sea, yet strangely,
oceans are not full; thus there must be some small mistake.

A bumble-bee can never fly, its wings are under-sized;
yet here he comes a-buzzing me, he knows not of his failings,
and so he flies about, and does not tumble from the air.

A concrete boat will float quite well, provided that its weight
is something less than what in terms of water it displaces.
Of course, we once used wood but steel is better I believe.

So I believe a lot of things, and most of them are true.
Until I find a reason to believe what others tell me
pigs won't take off, god won't come down,
things won't fall up, dolphins won't talk,
and wars won't stop, and...well, I guess,
that argue if you must, but intuition is not safe.

tectak
1977 revisited
...to give hope to newbies.

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Hi tectak; very radical, you lay down a philosophical gauntlet. My only suggestion if for S4, L2 I would use 'it's displaced', just trying!! Best Loretta

[tectak]

There always are two points upon the surface of the earth
where on a line drawn centrally, the temperatures are equal.
Argue if you must, but intuition is not safe.

Ecclesiastes noted that how odd it was to see
that rivers run with constancy into the sea, yet strangely,
oceans are not full; thus there must be some small mistake.

A bumble-bee can never fly, its wings are under-sized;
yet here he comes a-buzzing me, he knows not of his failings,
and so he flies about, and does not tumble from the air.

A concrete boat will float quite well, provided that its weight
is something less than what, in terms of water, it displaces.
Of course, we once used wood but steel is better I believe.

So I believe a lot of things, and most of them are true.
Until I find a reason to believe what others tell me
pigs won't take off, god won't come down,
things won't fall up, dolphins won't talk,
and wars won't stop, and...well, I guess,
that argue if you must, but intuition is not safe.

tectak
1977 revisited
...to give hope to newbies.

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Hi tectak; very radical, you lay down a philosophical gauntlet. My only suggestion if for S4, L2 I would use 'it's displaced', just trying!! Best Loretta

Slight edit on your suggestion, Loretta. Credited
tectak

[vagabond]

"A bumble-bee can never fly, its wings are under-sized;
yet here he comes a-buzzing me, he knows not of his failings"

- for the meter I´d change the former line into
"yet here he comes a-buzzing me, don´t know he´s meant to fail"

----

"So I believe a lot of things, and most of them are true.
Until I find a reason to believe what others tell me"

- to my ears the following would sound better:
"So I believe a lot of things, and most of them are true
until I find a reason to trust what I´m told by you"

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Enough of suggestions, I liked your poem a lot.
But I believe that dolphins do talk.

[tectak]

"A bumble-bee can never fly, its wings are under-sized;
yet here he comes a-buzzing me, he knows not of his failings"

- for the meter I´d change the former line into
"yet here he comes a-buzzing me, don´t know he´s meant to fail"

----

"So I believe a lot of things, and most of them are true.
Until I find a reason to believe what others tell me"

- to my ears the following would sound better:
"So I believe a lot of things, and most of them are true
until I find a reason to trust what I´m told by you"

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Enough of suggestions, I liked your poem a lot.
But I believe that dolphins do talk.

...I believe you believe that.
Best and thanks,
tectak

[tectak]

I beleave it is saying that people reily on ways of thinking that they have allready duveloped but ome should never stop working on them selves

....errrr, queite.
tectak

[Erthona]

Ah yes. From your younger days when you were a preacher for "secular relativism". My, you've come such a long way! It's the difference between one year old Scotch whiskey and twenty years old Scotch whiskey. The later is smoother, but both are still Scotch.

Having seen both ends of the rope, I'm not sure if I feel hopeful or not

Well, welcome to the site.


Dale