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

Date: 9/26/2017 9:12:00 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

Date: 6/11/2017 8:19:00 PM

hahahahaha, I love this. Congrats!

Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer

Date: 6/11/2017 8:06:00 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
Date: 6/12/2017 4:15:00 AM

Thank you SO much Cecelia!

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/11/2017 8:05:00 PM

A fun one! Congrats, Tim!

Dean Wood

Date: 6/11/2017 8:02:00 PM

You know, I have wondered this myself. Great poem Tim! Enjoyed it.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/11/2017 7:37:00 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

Date: 10/4/2016 7:01:00 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

Date: 10/3/2016 5:11:00 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

Date: 10/3/2016 12:04:00 PM

Congratulations, Tim! ...Fran

Skat A

Date: 9/24/2015 11:40:00 AM

Hi Tim, Congratulations on your win... SKAT

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 9/22/2015 10:41:00 AM

Nice win. LINDA

Dr. Upma A. Sharma

Date: 9/21/2015 2:30:00 AM

Wonderful write Tim n yet another superb win! Big congrats!

Nette Onclaud

Date: 9/20/2015 1:46:00 PM

amazing theory of everything or nothing!.. very clever and creative, tim...high five and big congrats!

Kp Nunez

Date: 9/20/2015 11:31:00 AM

Love the tongue-in-cheek querries on a topic older than antiquity...Congrats, Tim! hugs

Sandra Haight

Date: 9/20/2015 10:03:00 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

Date: 5/26/2015 3:37:00 PM

Awesome

Roy Jerden

Date: 2/15/2014 9:05:00 PM

Hey Tim! I thought this looked familiar! Still great! My original comment (in limerick form) is below!

Roy Jerden

Date: 5/25/2013 5:15:00 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

Date: 5/23/2013 11:05:00 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

Date: 5/23/2013 9:20:00 AM

nice write Tim....Was there a big bang of letters and poetry came out...lol...Congrats on your win

John Posey

Date: 5/22/2013 5:35:00 PM

Limericks are so much fun we should have to pay to write them... Great work... Jake

Seosamh De Burca

Date: 5/22/2013 1:07:00 PM

Congrats and best wishes with your win. I liked this poem a lot.

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 5/22/2013 9:13:00 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

Date: 2/15/2013 11:07:00 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!!