The Physics of Love
written by: John Drudge
How strange
Are those times
Imagining a linear river
Revealing itself
Under a fine scrutiny
Of quantum inquiry
A lattice of possibility
Each moment not a bead
On a string
But a universe twitching
In a muddle of potential
Remembering
The scent of hawthorn
On a forgotten path
Where belief is not born
Of proof
But of need
A need to inhabit meaning
And our love
A delicate disturbance
In the certainty of atoms
A rhythm
Less exacting than hope
Collapsing waveforms
Into chandeliers
Of lost afternoons
And the brush
Of smooth elegance
AUGUST 2020 AUTHOR OF THE MONTH at Spillwords Press
John is a social worker working in the field of disability management and holds degrees in social work, rehabilitation services, and psychology. He is the author of seven books of poetry: March (2019), The Seasons of Us (2019), New Days (2020), Fragments (2021), A Long Walk (2023), A Curious Art (2024) and Sojourns (2024). His work has appeared widely in literary journals, magazines, and anthologies internationally. John is also a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee and lives in Caledon Ontario, Canada with his wife and two children.
Latest posts by John Drudge (see all)
- The Physics of Love - June 10, 2025
- Timeless You - March 4, 2025
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