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the shape of time is puzzlingly a knot ~ death ain’t the final twist believe it or not

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Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/1/2023 2:49:00 PM

Love it, David!

David Kavanagh
Date: 6/1/2023 3:25:00 PM

Heya Kim, you know probably more than most what this means, we just see it differently, but hey I can live that, cheers David

Fin Chuuk

Date: 2/4/2023 7:42:00 PM

A fantastic monoku!

David Kavanagh
Date: 2/5/2023 4:40:00 AM

Thank you Fin, I appreciate your comment, cheers David

Panagiota Romios

Date: 2/2/2023 3:09:00 PM

Very belated cheers to you. I like your mind! It observes things in an unusual fashion . The knot ! Makes one wonder…. Excellent Panagiota xu

David Kavanagh
Date: 2/3/2023 5:59:00 AM

Heya Pangie, I always try think outside the box, or inside the knot in this case, some people say déjà vu, I say perhaps echoes of a previous loop through eternity, all abstract of course but makes sense to me anyway when I put it into a multidimensional shape, cheers David

Lin Lane

Date: 2/2/2023 10:53:00 AM

Belated as I am, I'm still glad to congratulate you on your potd, David.

David Kavanagh
Date: 2/2/2023 11:09:00 AM

Thank you Lin, it really doesn’t matter inside a perpetual knot of time, you probably already did congratulate me in a previous loop, see where this is going lol, cheers David

Valsa George

Date: 2/1/2023 8:05:00 AM

This is true ingenuity and creativity, dear David ! The idea and image are equally arresting ! Missed seeing this. Congratulations on your POTD

David Kavanagh
Date: 2/1/2023 10:44:00 AM

Hey Valsa, I’m delighted with POTD and thank you for stopping by with congrats, when dealing with eternity the abstract shape and multidimensional approach makes more sense to me, than trying to crunch impossible numbers, cheers David

Shirley Hawkins

Date: 1/29/2023 9:55:00 PM

A great Monku, very clever. Congratulations on POTD. I am off to Twist Again. Take care, Shirley

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/30/2023 2:15:00 AM

Twist away Shirley, somewhere in time you’ll always be on the dance floor of eternity, because you’re part of the sum that makes it, we all are, cheers David

Charles Messina

Date: 1/29/2023 5:16:00 AM

Awesome, David. Great thoughts here! Belated Congrats on POTD! Cheers Charlie

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/29/2023 10:07:00 AM

Thank you Charlie, the Monoku can indeed be a powerful force to be reckoned with, as you well know, cheers David

Jeanette Brewin

Date: 1/29/2023 12:03:00 AM

Congratulations on your POTD. Well done.

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/29/2023 1:41:00 AM

Thank you Jeanette for stopping by today, cheers David

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 1/28/2023 10:37:00 PM

So true. Great POTD

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/29/2023 1:40:00 AM

Thank you Victor, I appreciate your visit, cheers David

Brandy Nicole

Date: 1/28/2023 5:35:00 PM

Life is a puzzle and time has no end. Crazy, but true. You have created a Masterpiece with your words, David. Congratulations my dear friend, on Poem of the Day. My best to you. Hugs, Brandy

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/29/2023 1:39:00 AM

Heya Brandy, time has no end no beginning just is, a perpetual knot/loop and once you’re in the loop you’ll always be in it, thank you so much for stopping by, cheers David

Hilo Poet

Date: 1/28/2023 4:42:00 PM

A Fave!~nuff said, Aloha William

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/29/2023 1:33:00 AM

Nuff said William, I’ll doff my hat and say thank you very much for the visit and Fave, cheers David

Gershon Wolf

Date: 1/28/2023 4:41:00 PM

Very clever twist on time here, David. Congrats on POTD! Happy weekend, Gershon

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/29/2023 1:27:00 AM

Thank you Mr Wolf, may it keep on twisting away, cheers David

Warren Doll

Date: 1/28/2023 4:31:00 PM

David, so true. A brilliant Monoku. Congratulations on POTD~ Warren.

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/29/2023 1:25:00 AM

Thank you so much warren, life and death always has its twists, Cheers David

Arlo Parker

Date: 1/28/2023 2:21:00 PM

Linear or circular? Either way, time for congratz on POTD. Evocative to be sure...~;o]

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/28/2023 3:05:00 PM

Thank you Arlo, follow a linear path across the earth and you’ll be back to yourself eventually lol, cheers David

I Am Anaya

Date: 1/28/2023 2:14:00 PM

Congratulations on POTD David Kavanagh!! Your brilliant mind is at work here, as usual. My opinion is that most can't wrap their heads around past present and future let alone atomic or space time! Makes for a great article.

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/28/2023 2:55:00 PM

Heya Anaya, some can become so programmed and preoccupied by time they almost become it’s slave, and cannot see past it, as a child I had to stop myself from thinking about eternity it was so scary, especially with no satisfactory explanations, I’m certainly no Einstein, I’m of average intelligence but I can see reality in the abstract, and within it the shape of time, thank you for your kind comments and congratulations, cheers David

Jim Slaughter

Date: 1/28/2023 11:06:00 AM

I would certainly like to believe it, David. Unfortunately, by the time we get to the end, and possibly manage to unravel some of the "knot"...there's no more time to enjoy the achievement. But, I'm delighted you had time to enjoy your achievement with this piece, and congrats on POTD.

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/28/2023 12:26:00 PM

Your thinking the way we’re designed to see time as a linear medium Jim, it’s what makes life arrangeable, but eternity works in many different dimensions wrapping back in on itself, my illustration although not perfect may give a little insight to my Monoku, thank you so much for stopping by with congratulations, cheers David

Maureen Mcgreavy

Date: 1/28/2023 10:13:00 AM

I’m a frayed knot. And I believe you are correct. Eloquently, brilliantly, wittily so! Congratulations on POTD honours with this big little gem. A toast to thee! xomo

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/28/2023 12:10:00 PM

Of course you are super Mo, we are all part this eternity like it or knot, ergo we will always be part of it, blink and you will miss death, have a G&T on me, cheers David

Bill Baker

Date: 1/28/2023 9:05:00 AM

Congratulations on your POTD, David. Wisdom in a nut shell of poetry. Time is a man made constrict. When we leave our body there is no time and eternity to ponder on. :-) Enjoy your special day my friend. Bill

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/28/2023 9:25:00 AM

Heya Bill, eternity passes by simultaneously from life to life, there is indeed no time measurable in death, and so the loop/knot of consciousness goes on perpetually, cheers David

Christuraj Alex

Date: 1/28/2023 8:15:00 AM

A great truth is beautifully said in Monoku form. Congratulations!

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/28/2023 9:19:00 AM

A truth is indeed a truth weather abstract or not Chris, Thank you for kind congratulation, cheers David

Susan Lawrence

Date: 1/28/2023 7:01:00 AM

In and out of time and how we perceive it . Wonderful mind journey! Congratulations David on POTD ! Cheers, Susan :)

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/28/2023 9:16:00 AM

Heya Susan, It can indeed sometimes appear impossible to get our heads around death and eternity, but I honestly see how it all seamlessly wraps back in upon itself in a continuum, thanks so much for stopping by, cheers David

Terry Flood

Date: 1/28/2023 6:36:00 AM

Congrats on POTD, David. I can image some theological lecturer reading this to his students and finishing with the word, “Discuss.”

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/28/2023 7:00:00 AM

Ah yes Terry, hopefully it wouldn’t take eternity to figure it out, but so what if it does, from my perspective it doesn’t really matter, we’re always in the loop/knot anyway, thank you for congrats, cheers David

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 1/28/2023 6:18:00 AM

Excellent David. Congratulations on the honor of your POTD! :)

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/28/2023 6:56:00 AM

Heya Linda, I’m delighted and thank you for stopping by with congrats, cheers David

Deb M

Date: 1/28/2023 6:17:00 AM

Congratulations David on POTD…l really like this its really clever and very catchy! Debx

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/28/2023 6:55:00 AM

We tend to remember them better when catchy Deb, by no means an equation, goes way beyond linear vision, why? Because so does eternity, thank you so much for stopping by, cheers David

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 1/28/2023 6:04:00 AM

Congratulations on your POTD win. Few words with much said. Have a blessed/great weekend,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/28/2023 6:46:00 AM

Thanks Paula, Much said in a few words, yet we’ve all the time within eternity to say it, hope you’re keeping well, cheers David

Jenna Logan

Date: 1/28/2023 5:50:00 AM

I've given more thought to this after leaving you my initial comments about your now POTD!!!! No one can shape or adjust time, but time has the ability to shape and adjust our lives. Congratulations on the recognition as today's poem of the day, David.

Jenna Logan
Date: 1/28/2023 7:31:00 AM

;) You're so very welcome, David.

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/28/2023 6:41:00 AM

Now you’re thinking outside the box Jenna, you see how time has imperceptibly changed your comment, but you haven’t changed time, or perhaps you have lol, thanks so much for congrats, cheers David