Category: Poetry
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Majestic sunrise
It’s sad but true that one can beAdept at counting numbers,Yet at the same time fail to seeWhich ones make up the wonders. All things in life may be definedAs strings of ones and zeroes.Discernment of a finer kindTransforms someones to heroes. ©2017 peNdantry
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Schism
White lightViewed through prismReveals colour arrayGenerational injusticeRacismA systemic ostracismReviled by us todayWe need just thisRight sight ©2020 peNdantry
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The Master and his Squire
Illusion and reality;The master and his squire.Lunacy and sanity:Two faces on a coinBalancedOn a point of view. The windmillsAt which we tiltWhile we learn from one another,Have a lesson, if we’d listen:The only one who’s truly saneIs nobody. ©2007 peNdantry
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Never Mind the Planet – Save Yourself
The research has been doneThe conclusion is known;Climate changes will comeAnd the cause is our own. There is still time to actBut the window is smallHumanity’s impact –Will it end in a fall? Are we stewards or foolsOn this globe we call home?We must rise to the callMake the cause all our own. ©2008 peNdantry
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Step outside
We are all agreedThe Big One says build fencesProtection needed. Hide behind the fenceBar enemy from crossingShoot first, ask later. Defense is offense.Protection is illusion.Tear down the fences. Step outside yourselfPretend you are anotherWe are all alike. ©2009 peNdantry
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Conflagration denied
When logic dictatesto seethe with anger and hatethe world has gone mad. When those around seem to conspireand aim to set the world aflame;and power acts to play a gameto reach at its own heart’s desirethough it would cast all in the fire:Then, my friends, move, before we burn;this vile evil we should all spurn.Refuse…
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Onward
There’s no room to be complacent;we must not resort to pretext,it’s all up to us what comes next.Though our plans may still be nascentand our aims may be adjacentto those already in progress:constantly targets reassess.Thoughts led by the feelings inside,our conscience is our willing guide.That is the path to success. ©2020 peNdantry
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The Long Slow Goodbye
Our world is dying.We are killing it.We pride ourselves on our adaptability,Yet we are locked in an anachronistic worldview:One that deludes us into believingThat what once was will ever be.It’s premature; it infects our thinking.If we are shown reality:Glaciers retreating, massively calving at their facesBecause we have not seen how it was beforeWe think that…
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An assumption
The future sitsat the junctureof hopist optimismand doomist pessimism.Practicality demandsan assumption ofcontinuity. ©2022 peNdantry
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Thought for the day
The Past:Essential,Evanescent,Enlightening;A futile dwelling place. The Future:Potent,Possible,Potential;An eventual resting place. The Present:Fact,Focus,Forceful;A place of power. The past has gone;The future beckons;Nothing exists but now. ©2007 peNdantry
