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PROBLEMS | PROBLEMS | ||
| − | :''Problems worthy of attack'' | + | :''Problems worthy of attack'' |
| − | :''Prove their worth by hitting back.'' | + | :''Prove their worth by hitting back.'' |
OMNISCIENCE | OMNISCIENCE | ||
| − | :''Knowing what'' | + | :''Knowing what'' |
| − | :''thou knowest not'' | + | :''thou knowest not'' |
| − | :''is in a sense'' | + | :''is in a sense'' |
| − | :''omniscience.'' | + | :''omniscience.'' |
[[Category:Poetry]] | [[Category:Poetry]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:00, July 12, 2016
A grook (or gruk in Danish) is the name Piet Hein (1905-1996) used for his short, aphoristic poems. They came to wide attention when Martin Gardner mentioned them in his column in Scientific American. Two characteristic grooks:
PROBLEMS
- Problems worthy of attack
- Prove their worth by hitting back.
OMNISCIENCE
- Knowing what
- thou knowest not
- is in a sense
- omniscience.