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A Gruk on Thoughts and Things

Thoughts and Things

I concentrate on
the concentric rings
produced by my pen
in the ink.
The thing that distinguishes
thoughts from things
is that thoughts are harder
to think.

– Piet Hein

(a Gruk/Grook is where Piet Hien made mathematics meet poetry)

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2 Responses to “A Gruk on Thoughts and Things”

  1. Natalie Shell: think talk walk » Blog Archive » T.T.T Says:
    October 22nd, 2005 at 4:12 am

    [...] t’s well to remember that    Things Take Time." PS This is the second time I have blogged this poet Piet Hei [...]

  2. Natalie Shell: think talk walk » Blog Archive » Co-existence or No Existence - Piet Hein Says:
    June 26th, 2007 at 5:45 am

    [...] some more here. And here. And a bit more about him here. I also enjoy the brevity (he makes a point of bervity - clearly I [...]

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