| 7 January 2024 1850 Hours | Poetry, Music, Science |
Limits
Even on a calm day
if you remain quiet
and hold your breath
you still will not
be able to hear
the singing of the clouds.
So wrote Billy Collins
And I added:
Yes, even the cumulonimbus is silent--
It is the accompanying thunder,
Caused by the piercing lightening
That cries out with the opening theme
Of the Fifth Symphony.
(Billy Collins, Musical Tables, 2022.)