Yin left to itself cannot but collapse inwards
Retreat into the safety of the self indoors
They conceal their greed in faces turned backwards
[Don't buy BLIND MAN'S LANTERN, it's full of deliberate ERRORS, not the MS-digital version I submitted (corrected and proof-read) to the VANITY-PRINTER-"Publisher".]
Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 61
Evil-doers at heart are the worst cowards
Since the war-path pullulates in their numbers
They conceal their greed in faces turned backwards
The Yi Jing’s strategy compels turning inwards
Do big power foreign policies discount dollars
Aren’t evil-doers at heart the worst cowards
To seek peace in one’s well-being needs no words
Must countries sans big wing span claim to be powers
They conceal their greed in faces turned backwards
Turn not inwards for fear of others making inroads
Can what applies to countries fall on wax-clogged ears
Evil-doers at heart are the worst cowards
Yin left to itself cannot but collapse inwards
Retreat into the safety of the self indoors
They conceal their greed in faces turned backwards
The cavernous mouth sucks on its own innards
Shun the cannibal who feeds on his own neighbours
Evil-doers at heart are the worst cowards
They conceal their greed in faces turned backwards
Thanks a million, Monseigneur ! Not just the Russian Bear (who has been - as I said earlier on - woken up rudely during his hibernation by both Hitler and Napoleon), but the entire WHITE race which has espoused the cause of Christianity and which continually bickers with one another over WHO is the legitimate heir of their scion) but also all war-mongering-countries strong enough to bully lesser neighbours for their own profit. Colonialism - fundamentally based on spreading faith - has reached the point of antagonising peoples (example: Israelo-Palestine) beyond the point of no return. Is it not a fact that Colonialists are the foulest-minded thieves??? Offering apologies to victimised subject peoples at this late date as some have done (Australia, Belgium, Germany, etc.) and returning some stolen artifacts and jewels is no comfort to their persecuted and damned ancestors and progenies.
As for my being exploited by the Vanity Publisher (in reality a mere printer by profession who has managed to acquire a following in the West among some writers, critics and poets by courting and offering them free publication and copies and "fame"), the only way to respond to such skull-duggery is to expose their own form of "colonialism" in the world of creativity before even that last bastion of culture becomes a charade!!! Adam Donaldson Powell, too, appears to back and remain the mainstay of Vanity-Publishing. All to no purpose, for in the long run time takes care of the chaff from the grain!!! Don't you agree?? Wignesan
"Shun the cannibal who feeds on his own neighbors" is quite prophetic. The Russian Bear just can't help but to keep trying to gobble up neighbors with insatiable greed. On the other hand, evildoers, a greedy wealthy, want to be sure they have a retreat they can hide in.
Good stuff. Sorry to hear about the vanity publisher not submitting the right copy of the Blind Man's Lantern. I've had that happen to me in the past.
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As for my being exploited by the Vanity Publisher (in reality a mere printer by profession who has managed to acquire a following in the West among some writers, critics and poets by courting and offering them free publication and copies and "fame"), the only way to respond to such skull-duggery is to expose their own form of "colonialism" in the world of creativity before even that last bastion of culture becomes a charade!!! Adam Donaldson Powell, too, appears to back and remain the mainstay of Vanity-Publishing. All to no purpose, for in the long run time takes care of the chaff from the grain!!! Don't you agree?? Wignesan
Good stuff. Sorry to hear about the vanity publisher not submitting the right copy of the Blind Man's Lantern. I've had that happen to me in the past.
Ron