http://wordie.org/words/diastole Comments for the word 'Diastole' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/diastole#comments Mentioned with its cousin <a href="/words/systole">systole</a> in the Robinson Jeffers' poem The Great Explosion:<br /><br />And no doubt it will burst again; diastole and systole: the <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; whole universe beats like a heart.<br /> Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:20:17 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/diastole#comments