Category pychology
HATRED : A SESTINA by Robert Friend
Hatred
is wanting
to hurt
and its fulfillment
dancing
on someone’s grave.
Because the insult was grave,
I must repay hatred with hatred,
abandon all pleasure: the dancing,
the flirting, the wallowing wantings
of every day. How drab their fulfillment
Can Liberal Democracy Survive our Tumult ?
Can liberal democracy survive our tumultuous, bewildering, frightening, dangerous times ? Can it surmount them ? Can it direct the flailing social forces at work towards positive solutions, a viable human future ?
As things stand, it seems not to be coping at all. It is surely in great danger of allowing and even… Continue reading Can Liberal Democracy Survive our Tumult ?
Where to Look for Answers ?
Post Brexit, despair floods in, layer by layer ; the lamentable result itself, how it was arrived at, and the background from which the mayhem welled up, now cascading all over us. Any space anywhere for hope ?
In search of hope, where might we expect to look ? To the steppe from whence… Continue reading Where to Look for Answers ?
Wrestling with my Shadow
My shadow dogs my path. It dwarfs me,
this daemon, this desolate god.
Could I live shadow-free ?
Would I fly ?
What would be left of me ?
Here are some more thoughts on the shadow :