Gravity

An apple 
Fell from a tree
And struck Newton 
On the head,
Now we understand gravity. 

           W.A. CHOLT. Copyright  Fergal O Reilly. 2016.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Rigoler Avatar
October 13, 2019 at 8:12 AM
Newton had no "scientific" word for this phenomena, so he called gravity or more likely by its latin term gravitas. / Maurice
Cholt Avatar
February 9, 2018 at 4:42 PM
Belated thanks to Silent One, for your comment on Gravity. Much appreciated. W.A.C.
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December 19, 2017 at 5:24 PM
Great tanka..
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