Hi everyone,
I told you I would have fun with this month’s W.O.M. word: KNOW. So here’s another slant.
The Cycle of Knowledge
by David L. Harrison
When I was a boy,
I didn’t know much,
Except for fish
And turtles and such.
In my teens,
With ego flowing,
If I didn’t know it –
Not worth knowing.
By thirty I was
A clever thing
Who knew I didn’t
Know everything.
Fifties? Ah,
The peak of power!
All I’d learned
Was in full flower,
Until computers . . .
Now I don’t know much,
Except for fish
And turtles and such.
Well, you know a lot about writing a wonderful poem. We do tend to come full circle, don’t we?
Good morning, Deborah! I’m glad you like the poem. It’s good to know!
A delight with my morning coffee!
Well good morning, Marty! I’m glad to be the little something extra with your coffee!
The nose knows The winter smells, Just as ears Know winter bells, As eyes both know The bare of trees, As tongue knows Winter soups with ease.
2015 Jane Yolen all rights reserved
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Hi Jane. Thank you. Makes me want more that leftover soup in the fridge. Think I’ll go warm some.
The Tree
She listened to the warning
In the garden, with the breeze
Soft against her bare skin
And walked over to the forbidden
Tree, its red, ripe fruit tempting
Among the green boughs.
Wondering, even without the snake,
Why not, she reached up
And let a round, solid globe
Fall into her hand, so easy,
And she lifted it to her lips,
So sweet, and the tiger and the lamb
And the lion and and mouse
Went on about their innocent business,
But she had already left.
To know some things and places
And animals and people are bad
Is to step from Eden
into a world of thorny choices.
And into a world of thorny choices. Well done and well said. Thank you for sharing your poem of enlightenment. Lots of the senses and images in this one!
thorny choices is the definition of temptation. Great sensuous scene
And we do come full circle, so right. Love that you are so inspired, David. I actually wrote mine early this month for the first time in a while. Guess you inspired me, too.
Linda, this has been a good day with lots of comments and encouragement and shared poems. I love it when everything jells. Thank you for always helping make it happen!
Very good, David!
Thank you, dear heart. Things okay in your camp?
Oh would that I’d ever be knowing
How to set the language to flowing
As do you, David, ever sowing
Thought, words & reaping poems
Worth the telling & showing.
But I can’t draw it. I can see it, but I can’t draw it. Sigh.
The circle of life so well stated.