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Counterintuitive Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Suzette Richards 
HMS     11/12/2024

the day nothing almost happened

those leaf cutter ants lost in the desert ~ they try slice open each grain

God shows moses as the red sea closes ~ yet unseen they’ll die in vain

I’ve witnessed things so tiny and fast ~ that never occurred in the main

unlike people who won’t believe their eyes ~ and claim it’s legerdemain

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Jeanette Swan Date: 12/10/2024 2:37:00 PM mysteries all. Not understanding something fully helps increase a sense of wonder. J :) Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 12/11/2024 3:14:00 AM Heya Jeanette, this one probably makes more counterintuitive sense in my eyes than anyone else’s, so many mysteries in life, perhaps we need to ponder them from a different perspective to see the bigger picture, cheers David

thriveni c mysore Date: 12/10/2024 3:37:00 AM congratulations on your win dear poet. happy writing. Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 12/11/2024 3:10:00 AM Thank you Thriveni, this is a strange counterintuitive piece, looking outside the box, cheers David

Robert Gorelick Date: 11/13/2024 12:30:00 PM Always enjoy your quick wit. The world seems oxymoronic at times, like military intelligence lol. Chin up! Keep on Truckn', Robert. I noticed your submissions reads 10/12/24. Just a heads up Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 11/13/2024 1:26:00 PM Thanks for the heads up Robert I’ll correct the date now, perhaps legerdemain was counterintuitively at play when I posted this piece, would make perfect sense just like the oxymoronic world you mentioned, cheers David

Michael Tor Date: 11/13/2024 5:47:00 AM David another perplexing piece of truth you have shared with us. The theories will be abundant in comments on this one. Love your interest in science and figuring out experiences that sometimes are a challenging topic to grasp. Thanks again for make us think and come up with some kind of explanation on this subject. Thanks again for sharing my friend... Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 11/13/2024 7:54:00 AM Thank you Michael, even when speaking counterintuitively reality can make lots of sense, so long as we keep our minds open and are willing to accept that so much of what underpins the cosmos may only happen once it is observed, especially at the quantum level, cheers David

Tom Cunningham Date: 11/13/2024 4:00:00 AM Thought provoking for sure David, sometimes the brain doesn't see what's actually there but instead sees what it would expect to see without questioning it. We're so gullible at times. Tom Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 11/13/2024 4:18:00 AM Absolutely Tom, but I’m not sure if it’s gullibility, perhaps some are just preprogrammed that way, the brain fills in gaps on a subconscious level so we can function in reality, even if we are not taking the full picture in, but I cannot help wondering (as you can tell from this piece) is someone/something is watching the tiny and fast things which can be barely said to have happened at all, hmmm! Cheers David

Unseeking Seeker Date: 11/12/2024 8:51:00 PM Deep! Enjoyed these counterintuitive musings, David Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 11/13/2024 2:46:00 AM Thank you Seeker, I’m pretty sure you get the essence of what I’m counterintuitively referring to in this piece, cheers David

I Am Anaya Date: 11/12/2024 1:38:00 PM Plenty denial on a large scale, whew profound monoku and certainly counterintuitive in every ku. I couldn't stay away from the red wave yet focused on the red sea. Bol. Login to Reply I Am Anaya Date: 11/12/2024 3:31:00 PM What can be more counterintuitive than red waves anointed one. Hee it's for the same contest. Cheers David Kavanagh Date: 11/12/2024 1:59:00 PM Heya Anaya, the red wave certainly opened up and swallowed the US, it’s done now, so time now to focus on some contests, thanks for pointing out that there is counterintuitiveness in each monoku, and major divisions around the Red Sea that need to be focused on, cheers David