Sir Isaac Newton
You seem so un-done.
Why don't you try to blend
When everything is lend.
Sir Isaac once sat in the shade,
When an apple fell, so he swayed,
He thought, "What a sight,
This force must be right,"
And thus gravity’s laws were portrayed.
Living without a father wasn’t a good fate
This in the future could bring about immense hate
But this did not stop your talent and purpose
Although you were a premature baby
This would not stop your mental development
Your curiosity became a spark to go beyond the norm
Your best friend was the truth
You needed to know the reality of something
Based on scientific truth
In calamity, you found the unity of purpose
In pain, you found the truth
In the pandemic, you found the light of lights
You showed us that during darkness light can be found!
You were a spiritual man
You were a man of science but also a man of faith
You were a man of destiny and
You showed us that there is more to life and that
Your upbringing does not determine your stream in life!
Mark Frank
Copyright 2023
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.
An idea, a spark
The apple falls from the tree
He works his theory
5~July~2017
Sir Isaac Newton
was thought to be quite highfalutin
Liked caviar, imported tea
and all his foods were gluten-free!
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For Brian
[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 !
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.
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!”
Sir Isaac Newton, Scientist,
Would quite often turn his wrist,
To writings on theology,
To add to his anthology.
Sir Isaac Newton
formulated the Laws of Gravitation,
a lucky guy he must be
for having in his garden that apple tree!
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.
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