a brief encounter is a first
a brief encounter is
a performance that takes place
as an imaginary scenario
where the artist’s grandmother
meets with Karl Marx
a brief encounter is for them
a brief encounter is the education
of a patient on an acute
medical problem
a brief encounter is a musical installation
in Manchester Piccadilly
about time and travel
and all those relationships
that begin and end in
a brief encounter
is still a brief encounter
and has not yet turned
into a romance or a rejection or a loss
a brief encounter
is the Schrodinger‘s equation
and the Schrodinger‘s cat
a brief encounter is open to
doubt?
From wikipedia
At dVerse Sam wants us to do list poetry using googlism . I have selected a few of phrases generated by using “a brief encounter” and re-arranged them slightly. I also added line-breaks.
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November 7, 2013
Björn Rudbergs writings 
ha. i like much…the grandmother and karl marx line is funny…ha…schrodingers cat as well…what an intriguing philosophy you know….dfe open to doubt…smiles.
Very well done… I like especially:
” has not yet turned
into a romance or a rejection or a loss”
–an advantage of a brief encounter, I guess. LOL.
A brief encounter is a brief encounter and more, smiles ~ I never thought of it as a musical installation ~
ha – schrödingers cat sure open to doubt… and karl marx as well…ha… very cool take björn… a brief encounter is def. open to develop into lots of things..
Very clever take on the prompt, Björn! You have selected some great lines. And I like the way you ended your poem!
Oh, now I am lost in speculation. Really enjoyed this!
Love this one, Bjorn, smiles, daydreams, philosophies, & thanks for doing the recitation for us; always deepens/heightens the experience. Do you ever Google your own name? That is a gas too.
Isn’t it great that we are encouraged to play with blocks, phrase blocks, letter lists, anything goes.
Great fun Bjorn; a classic film and quantuum physics – what more could a person ask for?
Wow. Nice. Love your initial phrase: “a brief encounter.” Never would have thought of something like that for the prompt. Thanks for sharing!
I love it. I’m rather fond of Schrödinger’s cat and what a clever thing in which to encase the conundrum.
a brief encounter is the education
of a patient on an acute
medical problem
There’s something strangely disturbing about that. So many possibilities contained in a brief encounter–some good, some not so much. Excellent!
digging the structure you used and the way it flows. Well done.
This borders on profundity. Clever!
This seems to even dabble in philosophy…who knew where google would take us. I loved hearing you read it.
This is very clever. I enjoyed it.
“and all those relationships
that begin and end in
a brief encounter
is still a brief encounter”
So true and such a fertile seed phrase. Well done.
“ and has not yet turned
into a romance or a rejection or a loss”
Whole books have been written on that topic! I adore when I can hear a poet recite their own work – and it is a triple pleasure when they have an “accent”. 😉 (American voices are so boring)
a brief encounter is a musical installation… now I love that!
a brief encounter is still a brief encounter..but, it could be a life
changing encounter..
I love how brief this encounter is *smiles*
fun to read and so lyrical I want to sing it~
I am not impressed.
Ooooo! This is wonderful! I so agree with “a brief encounter
is still a brief encounter
and has not yet turned
into a romance or a rejection or a loss” 🙂
How’s original, Bjorn! And I like your declamation! Great on the prompt!
This is absolutely brilliant! I love the way you compacted the long line length Googlisms into several sub-lines, and the progression from the real to the certainly imaginary to the uncertain. A tour-de-force.
I never thought that I would read a poem that included a play in which I performed as a teenager, and Svhrodinger’s cat. The wondrous monstrosity that is the Internet is played out in its entirety, right here. Kudos to you!
The only thing I remember about the movie is that someone said
” We must be sensible Darling” in a very posh accent English Accent.
Very well done.
Brilliantly done Bjorn!
“and all those relationships
that begin and end in
a brief encounter…love that especially.
love your title.. and the poem – as always, mastery in words
Good stuff!
Best line ever!
“A breif encounter
is the Schrodinger‘s equation
and the Schrodinger‘s cat”