The Giant Inch

measuring is harder than it looks,

our everything is stretching.

and how you can tell if anything is stretching

when everthing is stretching

is... timing.

it's everything for measuring what's already in motion amongst  everything as

it's stretching.

holding still is harder than it looks.

Author's Note

Reviews

[apennylate]

I have been toying with wanting to use a repeated line or word for a minute now, and this is absolutely clever as can be. Love the pause at *Is...* Adore the double meanings and metaphors behind each line, at least to me, it sparks multiple layers of creative interest in what is being said. Succinct, almost curt imagination laid out with the shadow of possibility being endless. Well done.

[Kathrin S]

Interesting poem - and also interesting to read all the reviews and see the different interpretations of it! Also, very interesting video.

[Davidgeo]

That's nice of you to say. I really do flippin love physics.

[Peter Rogerson]

My brain is stretching absorbing this everything.

[Papaya]

To me this talks to how things can get exaggerated. Everything can be stretched, the truth, the dollar, even love but I suppose the important thing to understand is how elastic things are, before they snap. On the other hand if something is completely inflexible that is not a good thing either. And trying to hold still is indeed challenging because sometimes we're not meant to. What does this poem mean to you?

[Davidgeo]

Two different observers getting two different measurements of the same thing or in general not agreeing on the order of the same exact chain of events. Time dilation and extremely tiny measurements of gravitational waves, basically, is what this is about to me. I know, not so romantic and kinda dorky but whatevers.... physics is terrifics.

[Papaya]

Oh, I had you pegged for a romantic poet...
Go figure.

[Davidgeo]

I romance so hard with my poetry you can't even tell sometimes.

[Papaya]

LOL. :) that was a since and genuine laugh...
thank you

[Papaya]

*sincere. sucks that you can't edit the comment on a comment.

[Davidgeo]

I'm happy to make you smile.

[lua]

this is cleverly written, has to be read a couple of times to comprehend - very interesting :)