Category: Poetry

In the nano-second before I consciously register a sunset or spring’s first bleeding heart or the image in a favorite poem, there’s a visceral reaction that precedes my brain’s focusing.

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It is the inner flame within, a rapport between me and my surroundings, a mellifluous word or whisper that regales my ears, a tactile thrill, a scent that lingers in my nostrils, the taste of success after so many disappointments, an equilibrium of wills.

We surprise ourselves discovering how much beauty is out there just waiting for us to notice and deem beautiful.

Mileva worked with Albert on the papers that comprised his “miracle year” of groundbreaking theories.