Darling Entropy – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

“Only entropy comes easy.” Anton Chekhov

Darling Entropy

Shards of chaos brightened my day,
making me smile at my fumbling attempts
to bring order to a universe that slides 
off every evening around six, sweeping 
away all hope of a grand regimen in this
unhinged shizzle-shuzzle, like trying to 
put a yolk back into its shell or turn 
back time, or the nonsense of trying to 
make sense of the nonsensical, that there
might be footholds on the cliff face of 
life that hold forever a way of return,
but I welcome the entropic reminder that
it is half past fractal, which I've never
experienced before, and now with glee.


Copyright 2021 ©Paul Vincent Cannon
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23 responses to “Darling Entropy – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

  1. Great poem, very well written.I especially liked “I welcome the entropic reminder that
    it is half past fractal, which I’ve never
    experienced before, and now with glee.”

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  2. Stunningly vibrant. Paul (and the photo helped)… just what I joyed to read today … leaving it late in the (UK) day to open, and then I smiled – openly and gladly and in recognition that yes, for me too (I’m 68) “it is half past fractal … and now with glee”.

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  3. Loved this Paul! And feel it

    Liked by 3 people

  4. I know the feeling . . .

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  5. I feel my head spinning… or is it just the earth beneath my feet? Great poem, Paul!

    Liked by 1 person

  6. “like trying to
    put a yolk back into its shell or turn
    back time, or the nonsense of trying to
    make sense of the nonsensical,” – these lines are awesome. love this!

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  7. The ever increasing complexity via biological evolution is thermodynamically driven by maximum entropy production (MEP)!

    ……………………………………

    Nature selects systems that produce more and more entropy! This thermodynamic principle is manifested as life, evolution and even human civilisation!

    ……………………………………

    Discoveries of fire, oil and nuclear

    energy are in line with the thermodynamic principle of maximum entropy production (MEP)!

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  8. lync56

    I love the descriptive word pictures in this poem “put a yoke back into its shell” and the playing with words “shizzle-shuzzel”

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