Each of us is a supercollider,
a complex and gargantuan engine
arcanely generating torturous
accelerations of hurt and regret.
Wounded feelings weave at the speed of thought
through labyrinthine tunnels in our souls;
sufferings that build fatal momentum,
circling to an inevitable crash.
But there are also particles of joy,
ions of beauty, and atoms of trust;
the physics of mutual attraction,
impacting our hearts in sweet bursts of love.
Michael H. Hanson’s first hardcover volume of verse “Autumn Blush” (published by YaYe Books) is now for sale online at Amazon.com and SteelMoonPublishing.us. His creation “Sha’Daa: Tales of the Apocalypse” is a sharedworld horror anthology (containing the work of 14 writers including himself) that was just picked up by Cyber Wizard Productions for publication in the near future. A transplanted New Yorker, Michael currently resides in New Jersey where he occasionally dabbles in genealogy research, and collecting impressionist oil paintings.
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15 Responses to “SUPERCOLLIDER • by Michael H. Hanson”
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November 5th, 2008 at 7:02 am
I was surprised not to see comments appearing on this one, and as a rule I dont leave comments as it is so easy to fall into the ‘ooo I like this’ school of feedback!
However. Ooo I like this poem. I enjoy the parallels drawn between human emotions and physics. I enjoy the originality of that thought. Emotion as system, existing outside and within the psyche. Clever, and memorable.
Particularly liked:
arcanely generating torturous
accelerations of hurt and regret
Why? because hurt and regret, the negtive emotions, circle and circle and dont settle easily. They ‘are’ tortuous.
I also liked this line:
the physics of mutual attraction
Why? because it got me thinking about attraction and repulsion, and how in the end everything is explainable… or is it?!
thanks for the poem.
November 5th, 2008 at 7:03 am
added…
and not only tortuous, but torturous as well.
Aren’t words great??!
November 5th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Nice sentiment. But sorry, I felt that some depth was missing. Or maybe I just couldn’t fathmom it because I was stumbling over the long words!
November 5th, 2008 at 9:13 am
oops, I meant fathom
November 5th, 2008 at 10:45 am
I wanted to dislike this poem. S1 & S2 bummed me out pretty bad; but the the saving grace of S3 hooked me back up to my usual positve self in good order. Well done.
November 5th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Hi Michael,
liked this clever and topical way to describe our self created doubts and tensions that yield to the beneficial gravity of love.
Cheers
Mark
November 5th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
I thought that was beautiful.
November 6th, 2008 at 4:39 am
I liked the use of scientific terms and words in this emotional poem – that was an unusual touch. I liked the way it all culminated in the ending.
November 6th, 2008 at 6:53 am
I particularly liked the first two lnes of the second stanza – almost like I felt it…
Thank you for sending this to us.
Oonah
November 6th, 2008 at 7:27 am
Liked this poem a lot. Good imagery, and good parallels.
November 6th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Superb language here, awesome read Michael. Congrats on this publication.!
Smiles!
R Jay
November 8th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Gee. I’m glad I decided to check on the publication status of my poem.
A wealth of feedback here. Seriously.
I really appreciate all the comments, good, as well as not so good.
This is how we learn to grow as poets.
Thank you all for sharing your thoughts on my poem.
Michael
November 10th, 2008 at 11:19 am
The geek in me really likes this poem and the parallels it draws.
November 10th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Thank you, everyone, for your excellent feedback and reviews.
I appreciate them very much.
With kind regards,
Michael
November 19th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Definitely nice word usage. I would like to see more rich use of words in modern poetry. However, I will admit, Webster’s Dictionary happens to be one of my favourite books!