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Mike in Minnesota

Member since October 30, 2022

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NO CHOICE

Posted Nov 23, 2022 · 16 lines · 5 critiques

Why does the world work the way it does?
I really can’t answer that.
But, I’ve thought about it quite a bit.
As I’ve sipped my coffee and sat.

Is there a rule in physics?
A cause for every act.
Or, is it really chaos,
Every event has an impact?

Can a butterfly flap its wings
and cause disaster around the earth?
Are there laws of behavior so closely connected
they dictate every action beginning at birth?

So why does the world work the way it does?
Applying these rules suggests predestination.
If true, we must accept our fate
and live life with absolute resignation.

Mike in Minnesota’s timeline

October 2023
30 Mon

Anniversary
One year of membership
November 2022
26 Sat

Received a critique
on NO CHOICE from @Geezer
"thought by an innocent. I imagine that it's not an original thought, I think that humankind has been pondering that thought forever. I do agree though. I believe that... Well, maybe I'll just write a poem about it? ~ Ge…"
25 Fri

Received a critique
on NO CHOICE from @Lavender
"Forrest Gump! L"
25 Fri

Received a critique
on NO CHOICE from @Geezer
"I was thinking it, but you said it better than I did. ~ Geez. ."
25 Fri

Received a critique
on NO CHOICE from @Lavender
"Hello, Mike, I appreciate this poem. I've read it several times and become more uncertain of my thoughts with each read. It reminds me of this: "I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floatin' arou…"
23 Wed

Received a critique
on NO CHOICE from @Geezer
"that everything is a matter of happenstance. It just so happens... and then... and then... That is why you should do good at every opportunity! Not shooting a hummingbird, helping someone in trouble, and all that kind o…"
23 Wed

Posted a poem
NO CHOICE
"Why does the world work the way it does?"
Open thread 16 lines
01 Tue

Received a critique
on The Coffee Shop from @Lavender
"Greetings, Mike! I see from your profile you like Shel Silverstein because of the lightness of his work. That is what I feel from this poem as I take my first step through the door. I do wonder if you might mingle in th…"
01 Tue

Received a critique
on The Coffee Shop from @Rosewood Apothecary
"Excellent job. Definitely conveys the slightly bustling but comforting ambiance of about 100 million coffee shops. Tim"
October 2022
31 Mon

First publication
The Coffee Shop
31 Mon

Posted a poem
The Coffee Shop
"Patrons enter the coffee shop,"
Open thread 24 lines
30 Sun

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About Me

About me

I currently live in central Minnesota. I like poetry that is light and entertaining. Avoid the drama, think Ogden Nash or Shel Silverstein

Location: Minnesota

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NO CHOICE

Posted: 23 November, 2022

The Coffee Shop

Posted: 31 October, 2022

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