Tagged: wisdom

some things should never

new neurons bump

new neurons bump
into older neurons,
triggering mental and
muscular gymnastics,
stumbling across
the language of liszt’s
la campanella,
accepting that
a mountain is taller
than a mountain
.
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at the fish market,

at the fish market,
mom knows the difference between
this and that fish, not

just red fish, blue fish, round fish, long
fish – it pays to shop with a chef
.
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knee-high by the fourth

knee-high by the fourth
of july – we are driving
through cornfields, and your

grandpa’s farm wisdom pops out
from nowhere, wings aflutter
.
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wisdom is knowing

wisdom is knowing
just enough to recognize
surely when to stop
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: recognize

you said let us be

you said let us be
grateful when it arrives, and
do not be even

a little sad when it has
not yet, hold onto the present
.
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because there is no

we remain eight-tenths

only when the hand

only when the hand
lets go of one thing can it
pick up another –

in the same way, when the heart
can let go, wisdom can grow
.
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on occasion, practice