Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Nature and Physics

Nature is harmony and artistry
that kindles this physicist’s curiosity
she speaks not, nor she observes
she acts of her own free desire, but
has a benign heart to let me watch.
To study what she does is hard
to see how she does is formidable
knowing why she does is impossible.

This is part of a poem I wrote on physics and nature for my copoets at NYU. The other stanzas aren't very beautiful, so I decided not to put them here. I am working on making them better. Perhaps I'll use them in some other poem.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I went here by chance and I can say
I like your poem.
The last line is seems to me not so
hopeless, however.

Wu Li said...

Thanks, Im glad you like it!