All That's Poetic

I have found that appreciation of phenomena like the erosive force of flowing water, the mechanics of an avalanche, the phases of the moon, or the life cycle of a mayfly, invariably leads to a vast infinity of all that's poetic.

The truth is, that those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
— Herbert Spencer, 1889

Life cycle of the mayfly.

Die Gartenlaube (1887), p 556.

I have written poems about how flowing water seems so much like time that I imagine traveling upstream into the past.

Three miles to a moon and upstream into July
― Twilight of Ensuing Midnight

Through a scientific lens, the mystery comes into focus.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
― Carl Sagan

REFERENCES

• Die Gartenlaube.
• Education: Intellectual, Moral, and Physical, Herbert Spencer, 1889, 82-83.