The Dust Did Roar
A Collection of Poetry and Essays on Science, Love, and Cheese
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Category: Poems
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I’ve never been in love. But despite that fact , or maybe because of it, I do appreciate a good love story when I see one. In my first year of university, I asked one of my physics professors for some recommended readings. One of them was Richard Feynman’s The Character of Physical Law. For…
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I honestly can’t remember what specific event triggered me to write this poem. From the context, I was probably feeling pretty lonely at the time. But that’s about all the insight I can give you about my state of my mind when writing this piece. Reading it back, I certainly respond to the imagery of…
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First off, yes, I know I mixed up charcoal and coal. It took me way longer than I should have to notice this obvious mistake. But at the end of the day, it’s all carbon in one form or another. This poem is one of a small number I have written that is not inspired…
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I had the idea for this poem while I was dating someone. It was a super nerdy expression of devotion. But before I could actually write it down, the relationship ended abruptly. Several months later, I decided to create the poem anyway, thinking it might help me find some sort of answer. But as I…
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Being proud of my work is not something that comes easy to me. But when I completed the above poem, I confess that I did manage to feel a sense of creative joy, particularly spurred by the last line. I remember googling the words convinced that I had read it somewhere before and was merely…
The Dust Did Roar 