<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=560789" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Landscape 28 Meniscus</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The molecules of water are held together<br>By weak electrical forces<br>That extend in all directions.<br>At the water surface, the upward forces, <br>Having nowhere watery to go, <br>Lie along the surface<br>To form a thin skin, called a meniscus.<br>This is the skin that holds water drops, <br>Supports water striders, <br>Even skips stones.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I came once to an Adirondack Lake<br>On a still moonlit night.<br>The lake seemed full of fireflies, <br>Flashes of light in the water<br>As far as the eye could see.<br>I finally discovered the source of the light, <br>The sudden movements of water striders<br>Riding the meniscus<br>Bent the water surface<br>Into a curved mirror<br>That reflected glimmers of moonlight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Japanese make a flower arrangement<br>In a vessel with a perfectly level rim.<br>The vessel is filled with water<br>To a level above the rim<br>The water is held from overflowing <br>By a curved meniscus<br>That bends light like a lens.<br>In the center of the water<br>Floats a single perfect flower<br>That sends tiny ripples across the water surface<br>And crinkles the meniscus<br>When the vessel is vibrated.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Stewart+McKenzie">Stewart McKenzie</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=560789" data-title="Landscape 28 Meniscus de Stewart McKenzie" data-description="The molecules of water are held together By weak electrical forces That extend in all directions. At the water surface, the upward forces, Having nowhere watery to go, Lie along the surface To form a thin skin, called a meniscus. This is the ski..."></div> </div> </div>

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