A step away
Destinies apart
Chasm between worlds
Negligibly narrow
Colin Lee
A snapshot on my way to work this morning, as prompted by dVerse’s Poetics: And the sign said….
Mind the Gap
fishy scribbles for fussy nibbles
A step away
Destinies apart
Chasm between worlds
Negligibly narrow
A snapshot on my way to work this morning, as prompted by dVerse’s Poetics: And the sign said….
The Pescetarian Poet 
I love your leaving face value for a depth of meaning.
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Thanks, Sarah. I started with two short stanzas (with a physical gap between); but then I thought the poem shouldn’t be longer than the gap itself was wide, thus I trimmed it down to these 10 words (using the middle two lines to paint a lexical gap). Less is more, I suppose?
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so near yet so far. hmm. great pondering. 🙂
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Just like us … strangers, friends … a poem away. With that said, thank you for dropping by!
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Wow…thoughtful brevity.
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I’ve been learning from the best — you lot! 😉
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I’m flattered 😄
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In contrary, I hope I made you guys proud. 🙂
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Oh yes…glad to have you at the dVerse poets’ pub 👍🏼
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Power in these few words…..my mind leaps metaphorically here! Mind the Gap indeed! LOVE it! GREAT choice and wonderful words. So much meaning in so few words. I shall never let the words of the conducter on our commuter rail, at the stops, on the microphone, “Mind the Gap” just float by my ears again! 🙂
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Glad the minding of the gap led you to a wondrous train of thought. I so appreciate the compliment, Lillian. Thanks heaps!
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It’s said “those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind”. Not sure how that applies to the gap in question. Loved your brevity!
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That idiom somehow tickled my physicist’s ear (rather than the other, poet’s, ear) as it reminded me of some sweet relativity. Ha! Of course, this is after all still relativity, though of our relational universe! Thank you, Bev, for always dropping me amusingly chewable lines like Christmas pressies!
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They have these in China as well as London? Around curved platforms that gap may get large enough to trip over. I wonder how they could fix something like that so it would be safer.
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That was taken in Hong Kong (well, to be politically correct, alright, it’s China). The station had been there since the steamies’ days in the colonial years when, I suppose, a curved track was a lesser bother than blasting down the knolls to straighten it. Every now and then little people (definitely not me!) fall through the gap, but so far no major accidents occured.
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There really is a narrow gap between trajectories. It’s all about our experiences and timing! Thanks for joining in at dVerse. Hope to see you again. 🙂
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Entry #40! Certainly not a small leap from the start, but you’ve made it! Thank you for hosting, Mish. 😉
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You have captured, through metaphor and photo, a truth, that there are gaps / differences in cultures, which we need to be respectfully mindful of, while we realize our more pronounced commonalities of humanness. Well done!
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Thank you, Jilly. To me, the gap encompass more than cultural difference but also that of individual experience, literally between every soul. We share part of the journey with some, change trains, rub shoulders with some others, and cross over the gap, time and time again … To me, the gap can be of space and also of time, between those waiting and those travelling, and between those coming together and those changing course. Anyway, I’m glad we share a ride today, my friend.
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The things I miss by not riding the train 🙂
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Gosh such power even in the brevity of your verse!
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The power of the gap! Cheers.
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Beautiful post
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Thank you. Will do.
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