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Truth
“I am ignorant of absolute truth, but I remain’
humble before my ignorance.--Kahlil Gibran.
Truth is beauty, and it is a rare commodity.
Truth is stranger than fiction. George Orwell and
Philip K. Dick, teaming up with Sartre and Kafka
could not ever have dreamed up the Trump era.
Truth is the Republican game has been rigged from
the start, a gordian knot on the neck of the Republic.
Truth is treason midst an empire of lies, an antiseptic
muckraker, forced to be twisted, crippled, disregarded,
trampled or destroyed by the lovers of lies.
Truth, like love, hurts those politicians, wife batterers and
con men who are on the rise.
Truth be told, we are less than a month away from the
great blue awakening, the rebirth of democracy.
Truth is relative, secondary to the perceptual filters of
others, and therefore suspect. MAGA and Proud Boy
truth is as dark as charred meat left too long on a spit.
Truth is it is impossible to cover, to fully define all there
is to say about truth.
Truth is the best of my friends, and I am ashamed of
how often I betray it.
Aristotle said that if we believe, or say something is
true, then it must correspond to the way things actually
are--to the facts.
Yes, truth is hard, but it is worth the effort. It should not
be malleable or other-directed.
Truth does have a voice, but it cannot report itself.
Truth is essential to a well-rounded world view.
Nietzsche said ”Truth is terrible”, because existentially we
must face the inevitability of death, that life is
mostly amoral, and too often what we think we
understand about the world is illusory
Truth is stealth in a Fascist Netherland of blur
over a lascivious landscape of lies.
Glenn Buttkus
Posted over at d'Verse Poet's Pub MTB
14 comments:
Yes truth is hard, and a lie is a drug, that once injected will always have our veins aching for more. I fear that there are way too many people that will not accept a defeat... The right to bear arms is a scary thought and will be used I fear.
Even though impossible to cover everything to do with truth in one poem, you have done a first-rate job here with yours. It's an ideal those with integrity strive for and those without disdain. My absentee ballot has been turned in, my Biden and local election signs are in the yard, and I'm confident dirtball will be thrown out on his keester (if he survives the virus.)
resonates beautifully with my post of "accurate" you describe it so well relating it to your current turmoil ... that last sentence is super powerful!
"Truth be told, we are less than a month away from the great blue awakening, the rebirth of democracy." Amen! This is such a breathtakingly powerful poem, Glenn. I also hope that November will bring change. 💝
Truth is both a joy and pleasure ... but also a hard pill to swallow at times. Very gooe analysis of Truth.
I liked this line...
Truth is the best of my friends, and I am ashamed of
how often I betray it.
You went all out with the truth, Glenn, it’s what we all want to hear for a change as it is indeed ‘a rare commodity’ these days. These lines are so true:
‘Truth, like love, hurts those politicians, wife batterers and
con men who are on the rise’
and
‘…truth is hard, but it is worth the effort. It should not
be malleable or other-directed’.
Truth may have a voice, but it doesn't come from this White House.
Glenn my friend. I can always count on you writing something strong, something I like to read. I’m a day late getting around to read anyone. This prompt was confusing to me but I finally hammered through something. Ironically the piece I wrote in two parts both deal with truth. Great minds I guess. Good work brother were written.
Truth is the best of my friends, and I am ashamed of how often I betray it.--one must be able to feel shame to recognize the truth I think. Lots of good thoughts here.
Dang. Your poems always pack a punch. These lines are pure genius:
George Orwell and
Philip K. Dick, teaming up with Sartre and Kafka
could not ever have dreamed up the Trump era.
As worried I am of the situation and Trump, I see the two-party system a scam of status quo, but for my sanity I try to keep USA politics on half-mute and so got an averse reaction and could not read your no doubt masterful take on the issue with amazing poem. Sorry.
But it's just crimes, police state stuff, killings, 23f?cking million veterans and I don't see USA as a developed country, rather a degrading one.
My hope is that this breaking of truth leads to some kind of breaking of the old paradigm and somehow awaken people to the fact that now is time to "Not with mouth, but action.", to quote our eras great oratotang DJ Trump.
Of course your poem is action, but I can't understand why are not all the sane people out there protesting too!
USA doesn't seem like a free country, but rather one in the corporations leash, when it should be vice versa...
I will read it, but not while drinking morning coffee!
Truth is ..... this is a great take on the challenge.
A wonderful word to explore!
"Truth be told, we are less than a month away from the
great blue awakening, the rebirth of democracy." OMG I HOPE SO!
Loved the meatloaf reference. Interesting isn't it.....truth when connected to science can be quite different from truth when connected to perception. And then there's always those nasty alternate facts!
I'm with you every step of the way on this post, Glenn!
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