Long Bohr Poems

[Well, ShallowMan’s ne’er at a loss
for voicing shallow thoughts that gloss.
With trenchant wit he reaps the dross
when seeking sense in applesauce.

But to his aid flies FactoidMan
who always has a Fact at hand;
with him, who needs...

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A  is for Anton van Leeuwenhoek- in his simple  microscope made him well-known,
B is for Benjamin Franklin who invented  the electricity  from the flow of electrons.

C is for Curie, Marie -a...

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(to Mittens)

Schrödinger’s Cat is where it’s at,
nor live, nor dead, nor purring.
With half a chance she’ll live to prance
the worst may be occurring.

But if I’d look I’d lock her fate.
Dare I disturb her quantum state
when...

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March is a time of transition
winter and spring commence their struggle
between moments of ice and mud
a robin appears heralding the inevitable
life stumbling from its slumber
it was in such a period of change in 1905
that the...

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TWO CURIOUS MINDS

1
TWO CURIOUS minds entwined with the
mind of God
Einstein and Bohr
The debate was difficult
and more
tipsy from decades of argument 
their friendship soared

2
determinism an evil force if 
to be believed by?
refutes all claims of an...

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did the Greek philosopher Socrates
ever have thoughts of his own mediocrity,
did Buddha in meditation contemplate
belly-button lint in his belly button sedate?

maybe some Confucian spiritual medium
pondered dust in minute trivial tedium.
did Newton while conjuring Newtonian physics
diverge...

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maybe the ones who have left

us early by the malice of their own

hand knew what matters most:

procreation; the evolution of

planetary life amply illuminated, steeled

to survive in our natal fount or

with mastery of the universe poised

at...

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Reality doesn't exist until it is observed or measured
……Quantum Theory

When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.”
……Niels Bohr

I am not sure if it matters
but there is a solace
in the ritual...

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Neils Bohr came up with a simple way,
To picture an atom. Now I’m glad to say,
Thank you for the atom’s planetary model.
To me in my learning the basics of chemistry.
This model made a heap of...

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Theoretical physics!  Where the mind
        meets itself in abstract
  Lines of divergent thoughts:
       The noodle of the universe!
EXPLOSION OF CREATIVITY
...

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One day I heard that 
Schrodinger had a cat
I had a doubt
will it eat my rat

But schrodinger had kept
his cat in the Box
so that it will not
tear his socks

After a while he had thought
that cat...

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Whether you’re on the side of Love—
With Buddha, Sankara and Husserl,
Or on the side of Suspicion—
With Nietzsche, Freud and Bloom,
The principle of complementarity
Works for you,
As for Paul Ricœur
And for Niels Bohr.

You’re a participant observer,
Influencing the...

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