Sunday 4 May 2014

Wondering

HEAD DOODLING BACK


There are so many things
That I wonder about.
It's hard not to wonder.
I've tried that one out.
I wonder and wonder:
If what will be - will be?
And is it - what it is?
And was what was - really?
Wondering clearly,
Can drive you half mad.
Wondering good -
And wondering bad.

photo:  Burst of Wonder - W. Bourke

© 2012 Wendy Bourke

7 comments:

  1. ha. its a good bit of madness thoguh mostly...unless you let the bad get a grip...then it can be a bit of insanity....

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    1. Well, that is the eternal quest, isn't it - stopping the bad, from getting a grip. Smiles.

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  2. I love to be with wondering good...but the bad one is so much powerful...ugh

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    1. Yes. The "bad ones" are very, very powerful. Thanks, Sumana.

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  3. This is actually very profound.. this is what philosophy and science is all about.. with the limited horizons of humanity - how can we ever understand the gulf between what's here and what's beyond... except we have to keep trying

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    1. Thank you, so much, for this comment, Björn. When I first started blogging poems three years ago it was really just a way of putting pen to paper and writing down little notions that had been with me (rolling around in my head) for many, many years. I was very insecure about my poetry and so I began with a Blog called “Head Doodles” (basically, a non de plume for “don’t take me seriously”). But some – certainly not all – of those “light” poems did have a lot of living and pondering behind them. And I appreciate that you picked up on that.

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    2. typo oops . . . nom de plume.

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