Poem: Map the Gap (Part 2)

Man sleeping (one night's sleep)
Unmanifest (Sleep) to Manifest (Waking)

Mind in Meditation
(find the gap between thoughts)

Age of Universe
(14 billion years old)

Map the Gap (Part 2)

Gap between Words
Shakespeare's Sonnet 18

Man Walking by
Giacometti's Walking Man

Heart Valves

12-Inch Ruler

Mind the Gap
Track Sign in Toronto

Vitruvian Man (1490)
by Leonardo Da Vinci

Olympic Gold, Silver, Bronze
Peggy Fleming wins Gold
Figure Skating 1968

Mount Everest
29,032 feet tall

Gap between words helps us to read—
884,421 words or gaps in Shakespeare's works,
63,924 different words in Finnegans Wake
how many words in works of William Blake?

Gaps in the steps we take when walking,
gaps in synaptic neurons when thinking,
gap in the valves of our heart,
gap in life from birth to death.

Gap ceiling to floor where we live,
gap in school from K-12,
gap in college quarters to relax,
gap in grades— A, B, C, D, F.

Gap in bowl and spoon to eat & drink,
gap in meals— breakfast, lunch, dinner,
gap in inches measured on a ruler,
26 miles for maranthon runners.

"Mind the Gap"— tracks caution in Europe,
Tap the sap in trees for maple syrup,
Degrees in temperature from hot to cold,
Mesozoic era millions years old.

Height and width in the Vitruvius Man,
gaps between 6-cornered snowflakes,
degrees between angles in polygons,
gaps of floors in Empire State Building.

Gap between tracks for the train to run,
gap in the highway for cars to drive,
gap in runways for planes to take off;
gap in hallways for classrooms in school.

Gap between goalposts to score in sports—
100 yards for touchdowns in football,
94 feet apart are goals in basketball,
90 feet between bases in baseball.

80 yards apart: goalposts in lacrosse,
197 by 98 feet in ice hockey rinks,
18 holes between courses in golf,
100-meter dash sprint race in track.

Gap in medals: bronze, silver, & gold,
gap in U.S. coins: penny to half-dollar,
29,000 feet gap from base to summit of Mt. Everest,
36,000 feet Mariana Trench, Earth's deepest ocean.

From the Unmanifest to Manifestation—
as long as 16 billion years,
or short as one night's sleep—
Such is Nature's gift to us to learn.

— Peter Y. Chou
Mountain View, 2-6-2023