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For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
go come
born die
wake sleep
land fly
run stop
start stall
spread retreat
push fall
cry laugh
clutch throw
mute shout
hide show
part combine
swell thin
gather fling
end begin
© by Lisa Vihos.
Used here with the author's permission.
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Lisa Vihos' work has appeared in many poetry journals and anthologies. She has published five chapbooks, a novel, a daily haiku journal, and has edited three anthologies. Lisa was the winner of the 2023 Hal Prize, earned two Pushcart Prize nominations, and has won numerous awards from the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. From 2020 through 2025, she served the first poet laureate of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Learn more at lisavihos.com.
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barbsteff:
Actually, this is physics, not math!
Posted 11/05/2018 01:41 PM
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barbsteff:
Imaginative structure. Shows what Newton's Third Law is. I love the conciseness of it.
Posted 11/05/2018 01:40 PM
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tiddles:
Good one, Lisa!
MZW
Posted 11/03/2018 05:04 PM
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Janet Leahy:
Good word choices for sound and rhyme.
Posted 11/03/2018 01:48 PM
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TheSilverOne:
Few words...much said.
Posted 11/03/2018 11:57 AM
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wordartdjc:
Interesting poem. Surely a departure from the norm. I enjoyed it.
Posted 11/03/2018 09:30 AM
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Gilbert Allen:
That final line is my favorite--open closure!
Posted 11/03/2018 07:59 AM
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