If you are not acquainted with the poem the "Blind Men and the Elephant", then this is your opportunity to experience one of the most popular poems of all.
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep
Where opinions, morals, and politics are concerned, there is no such thing as objectivity. The best we can hope for is that freedom will enable subjective points of view to meet and complement each other.
Sometimes we can learn something from a fairy-tale; so, take a look at "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Anderson and see modern applications of governmental deceptions and the pitfalls of political self-aggrandizement; as well as, the fear of people to face reality even when they know that what they are being told is untrue.
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
Verbal Confusion
Wood you believe that I didn’t no
About homophones until too daze ago?
That day in hour class in groups of for,
We had to come up with won or more.
Mary new six; enough to pass,
But my ate homophones lead the class.
Then a thought ran threw my head,
"Urn a living from homophones," it said.
I guess I just sat and staired into space.
My hole life seamed to fall into place.
Our school's principle happened to come buy,
And asked about the look in my I.
"Sir,"; said I as bowled as could bee,
"My future roll I clearly see."
"Sun,"; said he, "move write ahead,
Set sail on your coarse, Don't be mislead."
I herd that gnus with grate delight.
I will study homophones both day and knight.
For weaks and months, through thick oar thin,
I'll pursue my goal. Eye no aisle win.
One of the famous poems from the past, "Trees", by Alfred Joyce Kilmer.
I should define a good poem as one that makes complete sense; and says all it has to say memorably and economically, and has been written for no other than poetic reasons.
Poetry is the most difficult thing to sell because it's supposed to be a gift.
That every poet is a fool;
But you yourself may serve to show it,
That every fool is not a poet.