Home is the place

[PrinceMyshkin]

You’re never so far from home,
I composed as the epigram
to my first novel,
as when you’re there.

And Home is the place,
wrote Robert Frost, where,
when you have to go there,
they have to take you in.

But I don’t know about that.
I’m a Jew (or will be
if ever I figure out
what that is) so I’ve spent a long time
looking for that place where,
when I have nowhere else to go,
they won’t have to take me in

but they will want to.





Jerry Newman © 15Oct07

[Sweets America]

I love it, Jerry, I love it. I know how much home is an important theme for you... I love the last line. I understand the concept of home when I think of you.

[PrinceMyshkin]

I love it, Jerry, I love it. I know how much home is an important theme for you... I love the last line. I understand the concept of home when I think of you.



Reading your responses to me
some might think you were in love
with me and that you’ve grown
a third hand and a fourth
since the two that you have does not suffice
to offer all your bountiful love...

[firefangled]

“You’re never so far from home.”
I composed as the epigram
to my first novel,
“as when you’re there.”

And “Home is the place,”
wrote Robert Frost, “where,
when you have to go there,
they have to take you in.”

But I don’t know about that.
I’m a Jew (or will be
if ever I figure out
what that is) so I’ve spent a long time
looking for that place where,
when I have nowhere else to go,
they won’t have to take me in

but they will want to.





Jerry Newman © 15Oct07


When you have a heart that makes poems like this, it is your home and it is as large as the world and it does extend everywhere, even Paris.

Very moving poem, Jerry, but I think I would lose the quotes since you italisized. But nothing can detract from the feeling of this.

[PrinceMyshkin]

I think I would lose the quotes since you italisized.

Done, and thank you.

[symphony]

wow!

edit: oh well its against the forum rules to post something so little.
erm...
i always want to make a valued comment on ur poem, may be something more thoughtful, something more than just lame adjectives...
but all that comes is a "wow". why? why?!

[PrinceMyshkin]

wow!

edit: oh well its against the forum rules to post something so little.
erm...
i always want to make a valued comment on ur poem, may be something more thoughtful, something more than just lame adjectives...
but all that comes is a "wow". why? why?!

Thanks for your "Wow" and as for your subsequent question, I will attempt an answer to it after I figure out how to reconcile the General Theory of Relativity with Quantum Dynamics.

[symphony]

Thanks for your "Wow" and as for your subsequent question, I will attempt an answer to it after I figure out how to reconcile the General Theory of Relativity with Quantum Dynamics.My dream and aim and whatever-u-name-it of my life has been to be a particle physicist, so that's mine to solve. So u can go back to my question. :lol:

[PrinceMyshkin]

My dream and aim and whatever-u-name-it of my life has been to be a particle physicist, so that's mine to solve. So u can go back to my question. :lol:

Wow! How I admire and envy you for that! If I were starting over, that is one of the careers I would certainly consider. There are two areas in which I try to read: the nature and origin of consciousness, and cosmology. Unfortunately, my lack of math or any scientific background prevents me from getting very far with either of those.

One book I did read and understand is Lonely Hearts at the Cosmos which is as much about the biographies of some of the dedicated, often obsessed men and women working in that areas as it is about their theories and discoveries.

About Quantum Dynamics, Niels Bohr once said, "Anyone who thinks about it without getting dizzy has probably not understood it at all!" Since I get very dizzy thinking about it, I guess I must understand it.

[symphony]

Wow! How I admire and envy you for that! If I were starting over, that is one of the careers I would certainly consider. There are two areas in which I try to read: the nature and origin of consciousness, and cosmology.
I see no reason for envies, since I dont think I'll ever get to study physics (thanks to my dense cerebrum), but I do love particle physics and cosmology. I havent dug in to nature/origin of consciousness, but I'm in love with cosmology (credits go to Carl Sagan). :D

I didnt read that one by Overbye(or so i guess?), but I'll make sure I do. ;)
Currently I'm reading (or, at least, trying to read) The Nature of Space and Time by Penrose & Hawking. :)

People keep suggesting English, but ... I really fancy studying physics. :(

[blazeofglory]

You’re never so far from home,
I composed as the epigram
to my first novel,
as when you’re there.

And Home is the place,
wrote Robert Frost, where,
when you have to go there,
they have to take you in.

But I don’t know about that.
I’m a Jew (or will be
if ever I figure out
what that is) so I’ve spent a long time
looking for that place where,
when I have nowhere else to go,
they won’t have to take me in

but they will want to.





Jerry Newman © 15Oct07


There is a commixture of, or a note of joy and sadness, and indeed there is some grace and of course there is inherently some deceit, some menace.