Tim Ryerson Poet Limerick

Big Bang

Your theory makes quite the impression
But I have this nagging obsession
A huge mass of matter
Explodes in a scatter
This is a layman's 'dumb' question

From whence came this gigantic ball?
Just how did the whole thing befall?
What was there before that?
And before even that?
And so on and so forth, et.al

Blank space, only vacuum you say?
Endless void? Flat nothing? Okay
Is nothing just nothing,
Or ain't nothing something
And what made the nothing I pray?

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Kathleen Kroll September 26, 2017 at 9:12 AM Science is dealing with just that question now. What an engaging way to lose it. Love all your poems. I AMA follower Warm wishes, Kathy

J-Mag Guthrie June 11, 2017 at 8:19 PM hahahahaha, I love this. Congrats!

Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer June 11, 2017 at 8:06 PM A semi-serious poem in a comic form? Like Sandra's poem you transformed the limerick form. It made me scratch my head (figuretively), but I had to place it at the top! Tim Ryerson June 12, 2017 at 4:15 AM Thank you SO much Cecelia!

Kim Rodrigues June 11, 2017 at 8:05 PM A fun one! Congrats, Tim!

Dean Wood June 11, 2017 at 8:02 PM You know, I have wondered this myself. Great poem Tim! Enjoyed it.

Andrea Dietrich June 11, 2017 at 7:37 PM GREAT job, Tim. Good seeing you here at the top of this winners' list. I wish I saw more of you. congrats, my friend

Beautiful Scars October 4, 2016 at 7:01 AM Tim, I love this! I did a project in 8th grade on the big band theory- loved it...interesting stuff...congratulations on your placement :)-luloo

Janice Canerdy October 3, 2016 at 5:11 PM Congrats on your win, Tim! Yes, it's amazing that some can't believe in a creator God but CAN believe a big BANG! Janice

Francis J Grasso October 3, 2016 at 12:04 PM Congratulations, Tim! ...Fran

Skat A September 24, 2015 at 11:40 AM Hi Tim, Congratulations on your win... SKAT

Poet Destroyer A September 22, 2015 at 10:41 AM Nice win. LINDA

Dr. Upma A. Sharma September 21, 2015 at 2:30 AM Wonderful write Tim n yet another superb win! Big congrats!

Nette Onclaud September 20, 2015 at 1:46 PM amazing theory of everything or nothing!.. very clever and creative, tim...high five and big congrats!

Kp Nunez September 20, 2015 at 11:31 AM Love the tongue-in-cheek querries on a topic older than antiquity...Congrats, Tim! hugs

Sandra Haight September 20, 2015 at 10:03 AM Wonderfully expressed, Tim. Your words speak what I think about all the time...how can one fathom the nothingness of endless space ...and where did that 'big bang' ball come from. For me, affirmation that God does exist! Congratulations on your win. Sandra

Skat A May 26, 2015 at 3:37 PM Awesome

Roy Jerden February 15, 2014 at 9:05 PM Hey Tim! I thought this looked familiar! Still great! My original comment (in limerick form) is below!

Roy Jerden May 25, 2013 at 5:15 PM It's all just a question of thought/ In how the cosmos was wrought/ It's half anti-matter/ In the mass of the scatter/ When you add it all up you get naught

Len Gasun May 23, 2013 at 11:05 PM HMMMNN.. a big bang came out there. This is really nice and wonderful write my dear friend Tim. i love it & enjoyed! Big congrats on your awesome win! love and big hugs, Leonora

Joseph May May 23, 2013 at 9:20 AM nice write Tim....Was there a big bang of letters and poetry came out...lol...Congrats on your win

John Posey May 22, 2013 at 5:35 PM Limericks are so much fun we should have to pay to write them... Great work... Jake

Seosamh De Burca May 22, 2013 at 1:07 PM Congrats and best wishes with your win. I liked this poem a lot.

Poet Destroyer A May 22, 2013 at 9:13 AM oh! I love this big bang theory LOL. i love the MATTER of it all Tim, CONGRATULATIONS!!! :-) thank you for the wonderful nature poem... Luv~ Luv~ LINDA

Andrea Dietrich February 15, 2013 at 11:07 PM just had to check a limerick on my way out. I need to see your old limericks one day too. Wow, this is really good. I think besides choka, your forte is in humorous poetry too. Do you watch Big Bang theory? This is fun like that show!!

Carol Sunshine Brown August 2, 2010 at 10:01 AM Congratulations to you on your win Tim in John Freeman's contest "Limerick""Choose your own subject and Create your own Category". Love, Carol

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