Ah, Jonathan, you're quite a philosopher in your own right! And here you are pointing a path forward through the political chaos of the present era and the importance of having a mind of your own and one that can still discern the sunrise and the natural beauty of this world.
Ah, not only a poet butt a sage, too! I have to agree with the wisdom of that advice yet, at the same time, I cannot avoid ingesting some of that swill for it seems now to be everywhere - very hard to escape.
amen!
yes my brother
As luck would have it, our water comes from a well in our back yard--so no poison, no toxic waste, no vats of Kool-aid. Metaphorically speaking.
Thanks Liz, I like your extension of the metaphor
You're welcome, Jonathan!
Ah, Jonathan, you're quite a philosopher in your own right! And here you are pointing a path forward through the political chaos of the present era and the importance of having a mind of your own and one that can still discern the sunrise and the natural beauty of this world.
Don’t drink muddy water
from political puddles
in the midday of this mess—
the aftermath of toxic rain—
but rather rise with the sun
and drink from your own well.
Thank you, Martin. And since you mentioned chaos, that reminds me ... there's a new book out called The Sweet Spot in the Chaos.
Never was a book more appropriately named for the era in which it was published.
The chaos is everywhere and poetry brings some relief from it. I have just written a new poem called "Empire of Chaos."
True words, Jonathan!
Thank you, Rea!
Yessir!
Amiright?!
Be well. Be well.
Yes. Yes. Thanks Malcolm.
I’m definitely on board with that, Jonathan Potter!
Thank you, Mr. Gary Spangler!
Indeed.
Yes, ma'am.
Poets purvey the wisest counsel, proven again. Thank you for these gems, Jonathan.
My pleasure -- thanks Aron.
I'm copacetic. In the Winter I wake up I brew coffee, put my coat on, and sometimes mittens. Just so I can sit outside with the Sun.
Oh yes, I relate to that scene, Bliss. Thank you.
Ah, not only a poet butt a sage, too! I have to agree with the wisdom of that advice yet, at the same time, I cannot avoid ingesting some of that swill for it seems now to be everywhere - very hard to escape.
Oh so true, Roger. We're living in a time of massive swill. Alas.
Wise advice though hard not to watch those force-fed the mud. Who insist on passing the ladle over to others…