Best Isaac Poems
An idea, a spark
The apple falls from the tree
He works his theory
5~July~2017
Categories:
isaac, tree,
Form:
Haiku
When I went golfing with Sir Isaac Newton
He hit tee shots that were not comput’in
Though he struck balls sound
They stayed on the ground
Never making it to where he was shootin’
When we went inside to, have a tea
He showed his disgust with, gravity
I said, “That round went to pot
Coz for each hole’s first shot
For some reason you didn’t, grab a tee!”
Categories:
isaac, funny, golf,
Form:
Limerick
Sir Isaac Newton
was thought to be quite highfalutin
Liked caviar, imported tea
and all his foods were gluten-free!
____________________________
For Brian
Categories:
isaac, funny,
Form:
Clerihew
[A poem to celebrate the 350th anniversary of Newton's discovery of gravity]
Sir Isaac Newton is my name;
I have a certain reputation,
Philosopher of great acclaim
Amongst the proud men of this nation.
With many problems I would grapple,
Not least of which concerned an apple.
I’d often laze beneath the trees
On long and balmy summer days,
And there with friends I’d shoot the breeze,
Expound ideas in many ways.
But then in lone activity
I framed the laws of gravity.
Studying mechanics, optics,
The bible and astronomy;
Also mathematics, physics,
The natural world and alchemy,
My jealous peers, they criticised
And often I was ostracized.
But I was knighted by the Queen
And my inventions gave men hope.
Stars and planets could be seen
With my reflecting telescope –
No rainbow colours to detract.
I’ve made my mark and that’s a fact !
Categories:
isaac, history, science, visionary,
Form:
Rhyme
Sir Isaac Newton, Scientist,
Would quite often turn his wrist,
To writings on theology,
To add to his anthology.
Categories:
isaac, history, people, science,
Form:
Clerihew
Sir Isaac Newton
Whilst working on his latest light invention
his cat disturbed him with intention,
cut a hole in the door to stop interruption
Penned 16/05/2014
quoted as inventing the Cat Flap whilst at college.
Categories:
isaac, cat,
Form:
Clerihew
Sir Isaac Newton
formulated the Laws of Gravitation,
a lucky guy he must be
for having in his garden that apple tree!
Categories:
isaac, funny,
Form:
Clerihew
Sir Isaac Newton
formulated the Laws of Gravitation,
a lucky guy he must be
for having in his garden that apple tree!
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**The concept of Gravitation came to Newton's mind
when he saw an apple falling to the ground from tree.
Categories:
isaac, funny
Form:
Clerihew
Isaac Albéniz's Asturias, Three Versions, Three Instruments
I
By Andres SEGOVIA, guitar, 2006
Man lopes up mast-pole
Man lopes up mast-pole
Man lopes up mast-pole
And finds no maiden fair
Who mimes his Asturian air
II
By Andronicus, piano version
Man bikes up mountain
Man bikes up mountain
Man bikes up mountain
And espies masts far from there
Biscay Basques back with wares rare
III
By Florin Croitoru, violin-solo
Man runs up belfry
Man runs up belfry
Man runs up belfry
To count sinners in every square
Come to keep their bosoms bare
© T. Wignesan - Paris, 2018
Categories:
isaac, how i feel, muse,
Form:
Free verse
SIR ISAAC NEWTON
Sir Isaac Newton
Seventeenth Century Born
Renaissance Man
Physicists, Astronomer, Mathematician, Theologian
Fall of apple from tree made Newton curious.
He did not accept event as oblivious.
Neither it flew away
nor stood in midway
fell on ground: Gravitation Law discovered by genius.
‘Every action has always an equal and opposite reaction.’
True for Theory of Physics and Philosophical declaration.
‘Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.’
Above quotes from Newton concluding ‘My powers are ordinary’.
09/16/19
'Clerimerick Couplets' Contest by Mark Toney.
Categories:
isaac, 10th grade, appreciation, science,
Form:
Clerihew
I am serving the living God
A God like no other
The Creator of the universe
Omnipresent
Omniscient
The beginning and the end
God who says what He means
And means what He says
I am serving the living God
A God who never lies
A God that loves unconditionally
A covenant keeping God
The same yesterday
Today and forever
I am serving the living God
The God of Abraham
The God of Isaac
The God of Jacob
The God of Elijah
The God of Elisha
The God of TB Joshua
I am serving the living God
That delivered Daniel from the lion’s den
Delivered Shedrach Meschac
And Abednego
From blazing fire
Delivered Israelites
From rampaging Egyptian Army
He made Joseph great in a foreign land
I am serving the mighty God
The greatest healer
There is no sickness He cannot heal
No burden He cannot bear
No mountain He cannot level
No situation He cannot normalize
I am serving the living God
That gave His only son
To die for me on the cross
To make Easter meaningful
Categories:
isaac, birth, blessing, christian, confidence,
Form:
Free verse
Abraham and Isaac ascended the mountain.
Isaac was Abraham's only son.
Abraham was going to sacrifice Isaac as a burnt offering
at the bequest of God's beckoning,
but Abraham didn't tell Isaac anything.
It turns out that Abraham didn't have to sacrifice his only son
because God changed His mind, so the deed was never done.
When descending the mountain, Isaac to his father did shout,
"Would you mind explaining to me what the hell that was all about?!!"
Categories:
isaac, religion, satire,
Form:
Rhyme
Sometimes people just get tired
Of cussing, fussing and being confused
They understand love
But don’t understand why it isn't
Being used
And they’ve walked away so many times
Searching for peace of mind
Knowing that sanity and insanity are thin lines
So when they throw up their hands
After they’ve done their best
God will come right in
And give them rest
For their mind, body and soul
He’ll take control
And lift the load
God’s ways are not our ways
Nor His thoughts our thoughts
So with that
I’ll forget about all the oughts
For His ways are perfect (Per- Fect)
And the stage is set
And I’ll say “YES LORD!”
Categories:
isaac, confusion, love, peace,
Form:
Bio
I
I am good seed, by Grace
Seed of Abraham
The new testament says
One seed, many fruit in the nations (ethnoi)
But is my fruit good
By worldly terms, Yes
By biblical standards, No
- And does it hurt
Sometines, for no reason, I awake
Sleepless ... Until my wife awakes, too -
Pulls me closer
Then tells me later:
I listen to your breathing ...
As you go back to sleep and shalom
II
He is Jehovah Shalom
He loved Jacob, but ESAU differently -
As with Isaac and Ishmael -
Yet He blessed both, materially,
But Isaac became a descriptor of Yah
So, if I feel like Ishmael, Esau, Rahab ...
The God of Abraham still made me
And makes me anew
He never made nothing but masterpieces.
Like Hagar
Who sometimes we forget
Encountered God twice
Yahwah El Roi (Genesis 21)
And "The God who hears me"
NOTE:
Hagar encountered God in Genesis 21, but God heard Ishmael, when Hagar ran out of water, when sentcaway by angry Sarah. Abraham was reluctant to indulge Sarah & lose Ishmael, his son. Once before he quickly obeyed when Sarah put out a pregnant Hagar; God sent her back!!. Here, God assured Abraham Ishmael will become a great nation (too). In the desert of Paran, at a (political) place called Beersheba, pain became a vehicle for Revelation as "God who hears" is evident in the name & saving of Ishmael. Hagar met Yahwah El Roi in an earlier chapter, but God opened her eyes to see the well at Beersheba, when all hope was lost for her son! Shalom, shalom! ( I loved writing my sermons on Hagar in Maryland & Virginia, 2018-2019)
Categories:
isaac, abuse, bible, character, discrimination,
Form:
Free verse
Sir Isaac Newton was a cantankerous old soul
But more importantly, was known for a different role
When the apple fell
It's gravity he telled
His fame has lasted four hundred years or more
Categories:
isaac, funny,
Form:
Limerick