A Powerful Pull
— the limitless blue of cloudless sky,
the progressing of green nudged to be.
Emptiness contains its own space,
wants for no time to fill nor shape to form,
lets you strip down to nothing
to feel nothing
but the powerful pull of possibility.
© 2010 Maureen E. Doallas. All Rights Reserved.
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I wrote this poem for the Tuesday, June 1, Blog Carnival sponsored by Bridget Chumbley at One Word at a Time and Peter Pollock of Rediscovering the Church.
The Blog Carnival is a biweekly online event open to anyone. Participants write on a one-word prompt or topic. This week's is "emptiness".
At Bridget's place you'll find a list of links to all of the contributions, which are posted throughout Tuesday and often through to the end of the week.
The Blog Carnival's FaceBook page is here.
The prompt for the next Blog Carnival, on June 15, is "compassion".
"Emptiness contains its own space" -- a great line, full (not empty) of all kinds of ideas. Love this poem, Maureen.
ReplyDeletethat same line caught me, "emptiness contains its own space"....
ReplyDeleteme too -- great poem Maureen.
ReplyDeleteSo crisp and clear and full of relevance!
Oh, I like this. A lot.:-)
ReplyDelete'the progressing of green nudged to be' gardener's hope.
ReplyDeleteYou never cease to amaze me with the power you can pack into such a short space. Thanks Maureen.
ReplyDelete. . . strip down to nothing . . . to feel the powerful pull of possibility.
ReplyDeleteOh, I love this!
AWE. SOME. girl!!!! Love it!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThey've pretty much said it ... I especially liked "the powerful pull of possibility" ....
ReplyDelete"the powerful pull of possibility" DOES IT FOR ME! Wow, very nice:)
ReplyDeletexo
just right
ReplyDeleteIf the Blog carnival was a contest, this poem should certainly win - if nothing else, for your line of "emptiness contains its own space" and then comparing that with the powerful pull of possibility.
ReplyDeletePowerful truths here.
These words also struck me...
ReplyDeletebut the powerful pull of possibility
Thanks for another wonderful post, Maureen.
"emptiness contains its own space"
ReplyDeletebeautiful...
Huggles,
Bina
Hi M.-- I really like this. It makes me think of Linda Gregg's The Apparent, which is in Poetry's archives. I wrote a derivation I'll share some time.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great prompt. Thinking of a prompt thread on our group. And, thinking of you! xxxj
what Glynn said - and i know that ending intimate.
ReplyDelete"the powerful pull of possibility" I like that. It give a whole new perspective to emptiness. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteLove this poem, Maureen! I wish I had read it before my last blog post. I'd love to figure out how to use it in a future post, if you're willing. Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteI loved this poem. ... the powerful pull of possibility.
ReplyDeleteWhere our creativity comes from!