Tim/humor/poem

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<<Tim: Humor is a wonderful thing. But sometimes humor is used by us as a

way to avoid expressing what we really feel. It can be the "sand" that the

ostrich sticks its head into. Too often, a serious attitude toward life is

considered foolish or ostentatious, but if it's accompanied by genuine

selflessness and love, I think it can be as good as or better than an

attitude of humor.

 

Dan:

Thanks for this clear statement. Also, there is a difference between

humor that expresses a "serious" awareness and humor that expresses

avoidance or the desire to be temporarily "entertained" while denying real

hurts or problems.

 

<<Tim:

<<"Chimes"

 

<excerpt> A soft and gentle rain falls.

A strange, thin cloud layer sings in the sky.

 

Softly, the wind blows.

The sound of wind chimes are heard.

 

Strangely, the sound is silent.

The absence of E minor chimes.

The absence of A major rings.

Absolute silence chimes

with each non-movement of the hollow tubes.

 

Silence mingling with the raindrops.

Emptiness blowing in the wind.

Chime after chime, gently, ringing only silence.

 

The rain falls,

The chimes ring silence.

Nothing is happening.

Nothing has ever happened.

Nothing will ever happen.

 

D: I enjoyed this poem. Thanks for sharing it...

 

"Flute"

 

The empty flute plays its alone-song;

 

breeze motionlessly stirs the reeds.