Wednesday, October 30, 2024

New poem: "What a Relief"

 

What a Relief

 

What a relief to know

the world does not need

to be saved, but understood;

and what a relief to know

it does not matter how many

lifetimes it takes to understand

the world, we have forever

to get there.

 

Composed in Tiny Beaches,

Georgian Bay, Southcentral, Ontario

Friday, October 25, 2024

Saturday, October 26, 2024

New poem: "The Hide-behinders"

 

The Hide-behinders

 

A phrase popped into my mind that puts

into perspective my conceptual understanding

of a curious phenomenon that’s becoming

more and more prevalent on Facebook

and other social media platforms, a phrase

that explains a type of personality that would

have put a smile on the great psychologist Carl

Gustav Jung’s face, a phrase that best describes

the ersatz nature of the pusillanimous pretenders

of moral superiority who rather than speak

their own mind hide behind the wisdom words

of well-known thinkers who reflect the same

sentiment that they’re too scared to express

themselves—the “hide-behinders.”

 

Composed in Tiny Beaches,

Georgian Bay, Southcentral, Ontario

Saturday, October 12, 2024