Paul Willason Poet Free verse

Nowhere And Everywhere

There are unexpected
and rare moments
when you can
approach and stand
on the rim of yourself 
and almost feel 
a strange gravity 
inexorably drawing you 
and all of creation 
in towards 
a centre point
that is nowhere 
and everywhere.

Other times 
the best you can manage
is to cast a thought
into your own silence
and hear its sad echo
answer back.
Meanwhile, 
in the fading light,
flocks of pigeons scatter
above central square,
exploding in a burst
of flapping wings
unknowingly on their way 
to nowhere 
and everywhere.

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Jeanette Swan August 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM 'Nowhere and everywhere', somehow opposites - yet the same. Is there such a thing as 'nothing'? Is there such a place as 'nowhere'? Maybe as the flower is to the weed depending on location of the same plant: sometimes in the right place and sometimes not. I like that the secure place is 'unexpected' and the 'echoing ' place is 'best managed' - an effortful and explosive 'burst of wings' without landing. The serendipity of the first is a gift. Interesting and thought provoking. J :) Paul Willason August 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM Wow...thankyou Jeanette for your profound meditations...very much appreciate that you gave the poem such attention. Quite a challenging concept worked into the nowhere and everywhere reference. Loved your thought play. Poem takes the idea of transcendence and exposes it to life as lived. Thankyou Jeanette, take care

Deb M August 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM Paul l have been to both places 'nowhere and everywhere' 'uncertainty and knowing'...is what l take from your words...another beauty my Aussie friend! Debx Paul Willason August 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM I think we have all been there and all points in-between. Thankyou my friend for giving the poem your time and for your kind words. Always sets a smiley stamp on my little creations which is treaured. Take care, Paul

sara Etgen-Baker August 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM Loved the 'the rim of yourself'--a unique but apropos phrase. I appreciate the ending of both stanzas....in the first first, nowhere and everywhere is profound while the 2d describes lack of direction and purposeless. The contrast is brilliant Paul Willason August 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM Value your exploration of this poem Sara, giving it some thought as evidenced by your comments. Thankyou very much. Cheers, Paul