Ideas Have Consequences

Here is an encouraging quote by Prof Richard M Weaver (1948) that cosmopolitans will enjoy:

The discipline of poetry may be expected first to teach the evocative power of words, to introduce the student, if we may so put it, to the mighty power of symbolism, and then to show him that there are ways of feeling about things which are not provincial either in space or time. Poetry offers the fairest hope of restoring our lost unity of mind.

Perhaps society has reason for hope afterall.

Source: Weaver, R M (1948), Ideas Have Consequences, University of Chicago.

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"Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry."

~ Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837)

Everything Changes But You

how can I explain?

how can I describe?

leaving me destitute

turning me into an empty shell;

I am wide awake

but my world is half asleep,

voices telling me to carry on

but I am swimming in an ocean all alone;

I tried to go on like

this never happened,

but where I am going

is anybody’s guess!

I will not question

what has brought you here to me

but some how, some where

it was meant to be.

with every step that I take,

I am more confident than before;

a thousand miles apart, I might be,

yet you will still be in my thoughts;

all good things must end,

as life is forever changing,

as I stand here, with emotions running deep,

I have nothing else to say

I have no words to comfort you

I hope everything changes but you;

as I sit here, pen and paper in hand,

wondering about all that happened,

together, forever we will stay,

because you know in your heart

that I will love you always;

~ Praveen

Republished with kind permission of Praveen and Poetry of Life

The Light of Friendship

I’ve seen the light

And it’s in you,

In everything you are

And in everything you do.

It’s a perfect light

That shines for all to see.

It radiates from you

And has pierced the heart of me.

The light is from a friend.

It’s a light that keeps me warm.

It lets me know how loved I am,

And keeps me safe from harm.

To you my friend I am thankful,

In each and every way.

For you lift my spirits up,

With every passing day.

To know that you are there for me,

It makes me feel alive.

Because it is your friendship’s light,

Upon which my love thrives.

Thank you isn’t good enough,

But they’re the only words I know.

It is your light of friendship,

That gives my world it’s glow.

~ Praveen

Republished with kind permission of Praveen and Poetry of Life

Well Said...

"There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing."

~ John Cage

John Milton Cage Jr (1912-1992)

Risk Managers' Haiku

I saw this on the PRMIA website and had to share it:

Something bad's happened

We have to add new controls

Oh! Happened again

~ Dr Patrick McConnell

By the way, haiku is a Japanese poetry form in which a concept is encapsulated in 17 sounds/syllables, typically in three lines of 5, 7 and 5 sounds.

Source: PRMIA