The Mystery Of Gravity Poem by Paul Hartal
The Mystery Of Gravity
You stand quite firm on the ground and don't fly in the air
like the people in one of Magrite's enigmatic paintings.
The same force of gavity that keeps us quite reliably
on the ground, as Newton discovered,
made the apple fall from the tree
and keeps the Moon in orbit
preventing it falling onto the Earth.
Now, ccording to Newton's universal law of gravitation.
the gravitational force between two objects is proportional
to the size of their masses and inversely affected
by the square of their distance.
Einstein's idea
of the gravitational force is different,
since he attributes
it to geometry, to the curvature of spacetime.
But let us go back to the great British physicist.
Newton himself admitted that he did not understand
the nature of the gravitational force that he discovered.
He even said thet the idea of gravity was 'inconceivable'.
'That gravity should be innate, inherent and essential
to matter, so that one body may act upn another
at a distance', to me is 'a great absurdity', he pointed out.
In other words Newton did not know
what the force of gravity was.
I have commented on this excellent poem, but WHY is my response not here yet? So very pity, truly
I will not ask gain, but in my FIRST response, I wrote more and important things
Mister Edwards, are you a poet or a unsuccesful teacher, who is looking for 'victims'Never spend your time at such childish activities. All poets know that it is a typing error, and it must be REGARD. You have never finished junior-high school, methinks, since your behaviour tells me so
Now, ccording to Newton's universal law of gravitation.' I think 'according'. ;) and.... 'upn another' Who was (if any) the poem's proofreader? ! ! ;)))
I regard this poem exceptionally brilliant. Congrats being constantly placed on the same page on Poem Hunter, dear poet. I have enjoyed my revisit here, TFS
I cite here: Newton himself admitted that he did not understand the nature of the gravitational force that he discovered. This is very true, but at the same time sounds so odd. Excellent poem having read more times
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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I regrad this poem as precious and very important, since we started to know the true meaning/theory of it AFTER having read this
Regrading 'regrad', I'd rearrange 'r' and 'a'. : )
BRI, REARRANGE WHAT? ! Shall I rearrange YOU? ! Pity you. Thanks for spoiling a clean page