Harvest of Mind
by Odin odin@aflx.com — Read all 3,869 poems by Odin odin@aflx.com
Hopefully the vogue to get by with as little thinking as possible will pass. Otherwise, the species will be carrying around 3 lbs of gray matter-dead weight, eventually requiring the premium payment for extra baggage. (Image by Markoo Marbin)
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Harvest of Mind
by Odin Roark
Acres of mirrors
Reflecting yesterdays upon today
Refracting wisdom’s tundra of experience
Into regret's abstract lessons.
How flexible
This mind of bendable energy,
Linking limbotic senses
Into a synaptic playground
Where one’s child-like recess plays perpetual.
Discovery beckons,
Hoeing brain’s porous marl
Bearing not the sweat of work,
Rather seedling’s preparation,
The cultivation of pain and sorrow’s rich compost,
The irrigation of past years’ yield,
That foundation of trial and error’s natural reward.
As each day's light finds horizon’s solace,
We slumber into mind’s picturesque growth,
Participating in collage-dreams,
Challenging synaptic connections
Smiling or crying,
Winning or losing,
We either concede as spectator
Or become a player,
A harvester of continuance,
The perpetuation of cognition’s daily bread.
Yes
‘Tis wondrous property we carry about.
Respected, it thrives.
Neglected, it weeds.
Rejected…
But a fossil-in-the-making.
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Chris
Dumb heads are nothing new. Any review of history, i.e., the Greek tragedies, will find plenty of folks in those days operated as though they were brainless. Our problem is to keep them from holding positions of power.
Ron
well said
I'm continuing to gather my thoughts and experience each and everyday, so I may share my experience with younger people. Through my stories I will warn them of dangers that may come to them in friendly faces, some who have friendly faces may not be their friends. Whatever I can share to teach the young ones I will share through my writings.
Hhhhhhmmm... Well, not to sum up older folks, because I do know some older folks in their 70's write like young people and be so much in love, and have lots of love to share. It's just them. In my opinion, I do think it's healthier to think like a young person and write like one.
Sandie