19.08.2025

Anne-Lise Andresen
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- Naive Faith -


                      How many layers should you peel off an onion?
                      I often stomp in the salad
                      yes, until it is inedible
                      In confidence _ to risk

                      Trust must always lie with the bottom up
                      The gears are spinning
                      Call me naive
                      I believe ... until proven otherwise

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 8/23/2025 4:15:00 AM

Anne-Lise, I like the depth of your work. I can trust until shown that a person can't be trusted. I have found that if you can't trust them in one way that they probably can't be trusted in other ways. Thank you for sharing this one with us. I love the artwork you have chosen to go alongside. Sara K

Rowena Velasco

Date: 8/21/2025 6:29:00 PM

I like how this poem uses the onion and salad as a playful way to talk about trust and vulnerability. It feels honest and relatable, especially the line “I believe ... until proven otherwise.”

Deb M

Date: 8/21/2025 3:45:00 AM

Both wise and naive all in a yummy salad! Ha….A lovely poem Sunshine from a kind heart! Debx

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 8/20/2025 8:22:00 PM

I always hated peeling onions and worse I only eat them well cooked. Hugs.

Frederic Parker

Date: 8/20/2025 7:49:00 PM

to be naive, yet be so wise, dear poet, a beautiful salad indeed...Frederic

John Fleming

Date: 8/20/2025 12:58:00 PM

Loved it! And this is a really marvellous line: "I often stomp in the salad". Stomp! What a great word, Anne-Lise. Enjoyed. :) john

Duke Beaufort

Date: 8/20/2025 11:04:00 AM

Anne-Lise, are you saying we are exposed when we trust? Yes, I do think that is true for sure. We do have a limit when there is too much onion in the salad. At some point we say no more. That you delve deeply and find sometimes that what's there is bad news is a sign of an astute individual! Smiles!!

Jay Narain

Date: 8/20/2025 11:03:00 AM

Great poem with practical message. Regarding eating onio core, I like it the bestwhen sauted.

Eve Roper

Date: 8/20/2025 9:14:00 AM

Awesome poem, my friend. I love lots of onions on certain foods, and calf liver is one and I haven't had it in years. Forgive me, I like meat. Good luck my friend.