"I knew from poetry that no one conquers entropy..."

The first poem I read out of the diverse anothology of poetry presented in the book edited by Victoria Chen was Adrienne Su's "Wedding Gift," sheerly by chance. As I was familiarizing myself with the new book by flipping through the fresh pages, I landed on the page and read a couple lines being immediately intrigued. 

"I knew from poetry that no one conquers entropy, but I also knew from poetry everyone has to try."

I found this line to linger in my head as I continued reading for the rest of the night. I thought of this week's focus of the relations created by history and poetry. 

Science defines entropy as listed:

"Entropy is the thermodynamic property toward equilibrium/average/homogenization/dissipation: hotter, more dynamic areas of a system lose heat/energy while cooler areas (e.g., space) get warmer/gain energy."

I found myself asking "how does entropy and poetry connect to history and poetry?"

Entropy is a variable amongst the constant that is poetry and history. The entities that are poetry and history are always trying to find and understand: stability, belonging, rationality, reason, sense, nature, permanence, ephemerality, etc. to achieve and perfect equilibrium (even though most times we, as the human race, fail miserably or so history seems to tell).

Entropy is a fascinating notion that can relate to not only science, but also meld into the metaphysical, all the while melding both poetry and history.

The link between poetry and history build off of each other. Without the work of poets expressing alternative ideals and personal statements where would history be??!?!

When history misses very specific pages of poetry that assess generations of different communities, spaces, regions, and families it affects the greater future and generation that follows.

Hypothetically speaking, how boring would the world be today if we lacked the collection and celebration of the diverse poetry communities that profligates creatively all over the world.