Category Archives: Wisdom



For September:

Posted in Inspiration, Wisdom, Words

At The Paddle Tennis Courts: Francoise

Famously, all the world’s a stage, complete
With exits and entrances, absurdity,
Hate, love, the bitter and the cloying sweet,
Heroism, cowardice, piety.
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Posted in Wisdom

Doomed

Face it! We’re doomed! The gas we need to breathe—
That damned atmosphere—is drowning in filth.
The filth lets heat in, prevents its leaving
Melts the ice, messes the weather, kills wealth,
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Posted in Animals, Death, Today's News, Wisdom

Failure

Despite his Nobel Prize, Faulkner explained
That writers always fail. They cannot move
The aura that illuminates the brain
Into alphabetic squiggles that prove
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Posted in Beauty, Inspiration, Poetry (What is it?), Wisdom

Malice

I used to try to make a better world
I paid attention to our politics
I dreamt of peace, serenity unfurled,
Equality, despite our lunatics.
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Posted in Greed, Politics, Religion, War, Wisdom

Aesthetics

Famously, beauty resides in the eye
Of the beholder. How did it get there?
Explain why some approve while some decry
The same shapes, music, colors, sounds, and flair.
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Posted in Beauty, Illusion, Inspiration, Wisdom