Potential

just a little thought I found in my notepad this morning

Somewhere

in the center

of a Universe too broad

for reckoning

is one pea-size thought

I haven't found yet.

Author's Note

I told you it was a little thought

Reviews

[W.k.kortas]

It states wonderfully what is perhaps the 800-pound gorilla in the room for all writers; that we have these little snatches of epiphany which we try to weave into a coherent whole, yet the universe--the one of thought, belief, and idea as well as the physical one-- is just too large, too incomprehensible for us to wrestle to the grounds. This is actually a pretty damn big thought, and very nicely expressed.

[lostboy]

had i your gift and supremacy over words and thoughts i would think myself a king the world is yours

[holly]

It's not that you are imitating her, but you've obviously studied Emily Dickinson - in fact you've mentioned her to me - and her ability to express much in little. It give you a big presence here. I'm fond of your work, and of this poem a great deal.

[Ladysue]

Oh, yes this little gem says it all... nicely done...

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... ah ... that's what i call the sheer magic of poetry ... the sheer radiance of poetic thought and philosophy ... the wisdom in a poet's pen ... amazing ... without that feeling ... without that quintessential thirst for that thought ... there'd be no poetry ... and no expression ... and nothing really ... not even art, politics or religion ... glad you featured this and i got to read these ... immensely and intensely inspiring (less than twenty) words ... awesome ... and god bless the pea ... :) ...

[Alicante lullaby]

brilliant..in pea sized poem you said universe...all the small,that merge and give birth to big...

[Lilith des Cavernes]

Brilliant... I know that feeling so well. :-)

[Fabian G. Franklin]

They say the universe was made from an object about the size of an egg. Good things come in small packages, like this poem for example. lovely.

[Jibey]

Did you know that in a speck of DNA is enough information to fill several million DVDs, which would be 40 miles high if piled on top of each other...

So you can get an awful lot in a pea...

[cest la vie]

It's the little things that say so much sometimes. I like this!!

[Phoenix]

Very big for such a little thought! It always amazes me when people can write so few lines and yet make it mean so much. You made it to the finalists in my conest "Clarity", but I think this would go better in my ext contest. This was excellent!