23. Entry from Sharon Etzel

A Valentine’s poetry competition for lovers of history

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A Valentine (from MC to AE)

I thought that Newton knew it all

When he beheld the apple fall.

How wrong I was! His classic view

(Of relativity no clue)

Must fail to paint the picture right

At speeds approaching that of light.

Sad to say: he never saw

The wormhole in the apple-core.

You said that E is mc squared:

That’s when I dared to hope you cared.

It seems quite mad, I know it’s true

That I should dare to think that you -

A man of such true gravity -

Would deign to spare a thought for me.

Yet all great minds need recreation

Or else they’ll bore of time dilation.

I would repay your condescension

And share with you my fourth dimension;

There’d be no reason to be glum

In our space-time continuum.

Please would you bring your violin?

Then we could spend a while in

A state of cosmic ecstasy

And special relativity.

Of time travel we’d dare to dream -

Now that would be a mad-cap scheme!

But put to proper use, we might

Give history a good re-write...

And so, this is my final word,

I live in hope that I’ll be heard:

My dear Professor Einstein

Oh, will you be my Valentine?

Your answer please with light-speed send,

For if I hear no word my end

A black hole of despair will be

The final destiny for me.

Sharon Etzel

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We were delighted to receive so many entries to this competition. We asked for a Valentine’s Day Poem with rhyming couplets written for any figure from history.

Please CLICK HERE to read all the poems and then CLICK HERE to vote.

The winner will be announced on St Valentine’s Day and will received a framed copy of their poem.

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