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What We Know
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Monday, June 20, 2022    Rated "G" by the Author.
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What We Know

By John Herlihy
Some things we know
Without learning them.
The beauty of snow,
Their peace to bestow,
The song of the bird,
The sweetest ever heard,
The trust of burning wood,
The warm fire understood.
The virtue of patience,
The thrill of fragrance,
Lessons never taught,
A desire never sought.
What we know we create,
Our own future we shape,
In dreams hopes are elves,
In the mind they sit on shelves.
We see the horizon;
We know what it means.
We feel life’s mystery;
We know what it seems.
The road runs ever forward,
And so does earthly time.
The clockwork of the world
Ticks its measured rhyme.
What do trembling leaves know,
But much more than they tell.
Does the budding flower know
That it casts an enchanting spell?
Does the arid desert know
That it harbors a sacred well?
Does the plodding snail know
It finds its home in a shell?
Enough to know I am happy.
On that note, I bid you farewell.

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 Reviews of "What We Know"
Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on July 18, 2022
SOME OF THINGS WE THINK WE...KNOW, WE DON'T. HOWEVER, WE CLING TO THE THINGS WE 'KNOW' AND PRAY FOR REVELATION OF THINGS...WE DON'T. I ENJOYED THIS POEM...ALL ASPECTS OF IT, THANKS JOHN. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Diana Wiles
Reviewed on June 21, 2022
Such beautiful mysteries to consider…
and such beautiful writing…

Diana…🍃

Reviewed by audrine max
Reviewed on June 20, 2022
oohh i love this piece of poetry especially the lines does the budding flower know that it casts an enchanting spell. it is true, life's mysteries. the many wonders of God and infinite intelligence in his Being. thank you.

Reviewed by Poets Soul
Reviewed on June 20, 2022
A very good piece. What we know could fill a library. What we don't know could fill many libraries. What will we know tomorrow? As long as you know yourself, you will be just fine.

PS

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on June 20, 2022
In this century, human knowledge is advancing at a rate that is almost unconscionable. And all we have to do to reach almost every text ever written, is search for it on the Internet!

It is so unfortunate that some feel that this new knowledge is wrong. But you and I know that knowledge is power and is the lighthouse to the truth. Your poem reflects that and a happy attitude that goes along with it.

Ron

Reviewed on June 20, 2022
"What we know we create" -this is so true. Some of the things we take for granted without even noticing their beauty and how they have helped us to survive.

A good poem!

Sandie


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