See You Around the Square

The Rubiks cube is round, observed at atomic size
To see reality you must enter, take a peep inside
I’m not saying pull it apart, searching out a pivot 
But rather a microscopic journey, for our tiny visit 

Photons on its surface, weaving around in circles 
Can pass through with ease, external to internal
You see rotating squares, cuboid annoying design 
Yet molecules in blank space, spiral together blind 

Mosaic patchwork colors, atop firmaments of skin
Projections of light appear, as matrixes flow within 
Pictels turning relentlessly, of indiscernible pattern 
Interior fluxes created, hexagonal poles on Saturn 
 
Poppycock you say, it’s merely a frustrating puzzle 
Millions of us have tried, and most of us struggled
In truth that’s kind of right, solutions are in dearth
Lessons from history, of our once flat planet earth. 


If the Rubik's cube was round Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann
04/01/2021
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Kauffman Avatar
January 26, 2021 at 1:06 PM
Really nice David and very creative from a scientific perspective inside the puzzle! Congratulations on your win! This is as unique as a "round" cube! All the best.
Kavanagh  Avatar
January 26, 2021 at 1:55 PM
Thanks Sam, took me a while to figure out how to approach this, so in the end I decided to put a scientific spin on it, I’m delighted with the placement, cheers David
Andresen Avatar
January 26, 2021 at 7:05 AM
- Congratulations on your great win, David :))) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
Kavanagh  Avatar
January 26, 2021 at 1:52 PM
I’m delighted Anne-Lise, burnt some grey matter on this one, cheers David
Logan Avatar
January 26, 2021 at 6:03 AM
This is such a fun write, David. Congratulations on having written a poem for the winner's list.
Kavanagh  Avatar
January 26, 2021 at 6:53 AM
Thanks Jenna great to make the list, was a really great contest, if a little abstract, cheers David
Kendrick Avatar
January 26, 2021 at 5:53 AM
What is the world was a cube? It would be bumping through space? Congrats on this winner. Sara
Kavanagh  Avatar
January 26, 2021 at 6:56 AM
I agree on the larger scale of everything, spheres make more sense, but we still have a so much to learn about the cosmos, cheers David
Agustin Avatar
January 26, 2021 at 1:57 AM
Wow! Congrats! God bless you.
Kavanagh  Avatar
January 26, 2021 at 3:41 AM
Thank you Beata, always delighted to get a placement, cheers David
Neumann Avatar
January 26, 2021 at 1:25 AM
Wonderful. Congratulations, Kai
Kavanagh  Avatar
January 26, 2021 at 3:43 AM
Thanks Kai, I’m very pleased to get on your list, cheers David
Krutsinger Avatar
January 20, 2021 at 5:22 AM
Your end rhymes are fabulous to read; anything mathematically inclined gives me stress though, so I am moving quickly past this one. I used to unstick the stickers and place them in other places on the cube when I got frustrated, which was a lot.
Kavanagh  Avatar
January 20, 2021 at 5:51 AM
Never completed more than two sides, But unlike you I used to pull the cubes out individually with some difficulty, then put them back in place, genius, my sister used to be baffled cheers David
Flaherty Avatar
January 8, 2021 at 6:14 PM
Photons A Scientology tool in disguise
Flaherty Avatar
January 9, 2021 at 6:39 PM
Admittedly David could never ever do it ir solve it myself. Amazed by seeing people do it behind there back
Kavanagh  Avatar
January 9, 2021 at 4:08 AM
I had to get my thinking cap on for this one Christopher, trying to reason out, making a Rubik’s cube round, done my best, not an easy contest, cheers David
Logan Avatar
January 7, 2021 at 3:40 PM
This one is wonderful, and your terms are as complicated and technical as trying to solve the darn puzzle.
Kavanagh  Avatar
January 7, 2021 at 3:53 PM
I never solved a Rubik cube in my life but I did pull one apart to see how it worked, I think that’s where I got this idea from cheers David
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