Kindness & Knowledge This is another fun pair to look at as contradictory. I looked at Kindness on the thirteenth last year. Kindness can be a state or quality, an act, a behavior, and/or a friendly feeling of benevolence. Benevolence is a desire to do good to others; goodwill; charitableness. And goodwill is a friendlyContinue reading “Poetry Month Challenges Day 13: Kindness and Knowledge”
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Poetry Month Challenges Day 12: Joy and Justice
Joy & Justice I’ve looked at both Joy (Day 12 last year) and Justice (and as a contradictory abstraction with Injustice; The Seriousness of Justice and Injustice) before, but what makes today exciting is that through the A to Z challenge I’m thinking about joy and justice as contradictory and how that could happen and whatContinue reading “Poetry Month Challenges Day 12: Joy and Justice”
Poetry Month Challenges Day 11: Idiosyncrasy & Integrity
Idiosyncrasy & Integrity Idiosyncrasy is a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual; a persons oddities and quirks. Integrity is the state of being whole, entire, or undiminished and adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty. I found this interesting passage on integrity in Discourses ofContinue reading “Poetry Month Challenges Day 11: Idiosyncrasy & Integrity”
Poetry Month Challenges Day 10: Honor and Helplessness
Honor & Helplessness Helplessness is the state of being deprived of strength or power; powerlessness or incapacitation; unable to help oneself; feeling weak or dependent. Honor is harder to define. It includes: honesty, fairness, integrity, distinction, respect, worth, merit, and esteem. It can come from within or without, and be defined as a standing inContinue reading “Poetry Month Challenges Day 10: Honor and Helplessness”
Poetry Month Challenges Day 8: Gossip and Graciousness
Gossip & Graciousness The dictionary defines graciousness as the quality or state of being benevolent, courteous, and kind; characterized by comfort, ease, or luxury. And gossip as light, familiar talk or writing; idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others. Gracious people wouldn’t idly talk about the personal or privateContinue reading “Poetry Month Challenges Day 8: Gossip and Graciousness”
Poetry Month Challenges Day 7: Fear and Faithfulness
Over at April Blogging from A to Z Challenge today’s word is Fun! I enjoyed the pep talk, and the reminder that these challenges are meant to be fun. So here’s to having fun, meeting new people, learning new things, and making friends. Fear & Faithfulness Speaking of fun, the internet took me down aContinue reading “Poetry Month Challenges Day 7: Fear and Faithfulness”
Poetry Month Challenges Day 6: Expression and Ego
Expression & Ego The dictionary says the ego is the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought. But reading through Freud’s Civilization and Its Discontents, I found this interesting explanation of ego: “One comes toContinue reading “Poetry Month Challenges Day 6: Expression and Ego”
Poetry Month Challenges Day 5: Desire and Disdain
“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world. “ C. S. Lewis Desire & Disdain Desire is a longing or craving; as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment. Disdain is a feeling of contempt for anythingContinue reading “Poetry Month Challenges Day 5: Desire and Disdain”
Poetry Month Challenges Day 4: Calm and Chaos
Art is the triumph over chaos. In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order. Calm & Chaos Calm is defined as freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness. Chaos is a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order. Calm is found through feeling safe whichContinue reading “Poetry Month Challenges Day 4: Calm and Chaos”
Poetry Month Challenges Day 3: Beauty and Barbarism
The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of beauty is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, but indifference between life and death. ELIE WIESEL Beauty & Barbarism It was fun to see that “Beauty” was alsoContinue reading “Poetry Month Challenges Day 3: Beauty and Barbarism”
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