Emoted investment
dividends high
Buying then selling
as spirit contrives
Unlimited resource
consciousness fares
In debits and credits
— whose riches ensnare
(Dreamsleep: October, 2024)
Ethos of 10
They sat, bemused,
in their inocence;
wearing their guilt,
braided tight.
Sealed in a pointed star;
Waiting on the Wolf and Its teeth,
to severe the braids of gold.
Oh the crimson spurting;
wasted for free breath.
The tray is undamaged
Doomsday haze
Coral and crystal shards
Ascend to the heavens
Or allow yourself to get burned
There's no end to knowledge
Under a bright blue sky
Resiliently attached
To reality and its metaphors
Castle of yearning
Beyond the nothingness
Sensibility and radiance
I was ecstatically delighted
Written: April 30, 2022
Please, the Wind of Life, blow into my middle.
Purge-it of any injuries brought about by struggle.
Top off my heart like an inflatable and enable it to float.
Therefore, may my heart sing its serenade chant?
Written: January 11, 2022
Poetic Form :: IMAYO
Ethos
Ethos is a means of convincing someone of
the credibleness, probity of persuader.
It's an appeal to ethics, serves to highlight the
persuader's reputation ethical state.
~X~X~X~
Pathos
Pathos is an appeal to the emotions of
the audience and to elicit feelings that
already reside in them. It's an artistic
representation for evoking compassion.
~X~X~X~
Logos
Logos is an appeal to logic and reason;
It is way of influencing an audience
by the principle of reason and the judgement
connected with motivation to do something.
~X~X~X~
Hatred hides in cloudy sinister mind, showers acid rain,
dissolves the hideous opaque heart of the hollow man.
Humane lamp of forgiveness illumines abyss of inert soul,
penitence purifies, limpid complete man gets divine ethos.
March 26, 2019
Contest : Writing Challenge 5, March 2019, Four Lines
Sponsor : Dear Heart
XIII. Ethos
Despite that of which is rise.
In the face of what has fallen rise.
Despite those that are rise.
Celebrate that you have risen.
Despite the incongruous rise.
Now that you have believe that you will.
Dream not for they are fleeting.
Upon thy continence be joy.
© veritatem voluntatem 2015
Is this the school of metaphysics,
The nullifier of ontology?
The diluter of pluralism,
The supporter of monotony?
A description of the virtues,
Depends on the physical existing;
Objects, people, colours and tastes,
Not a divine attributes listing.
What you teach in assembly,
Influences the life of every school child;
A glance, a look, a gesture, a stare,
Beckons mental illness beguiled.
All beliefs should be acceptable,
But humanistic values should centre,
For an understanding environment,
To cherish the individual’s banter.
There’s really not so many ways of life,
All can be categorised to make a few,
So that each family can be understood,
Whether loved, or by the child reacted to.
All too often I just so wanted, needed,
My headmaster to know the poems in my head,
Every night, just so that I could cope with life,
So that he would have good orchestrations.
It only takes a moment to slyly dismiss,
A pupil who’s from atheism’s stance,
But a legislation on school assembly,
Would give many kids a chance.
all of our great steps
as well as our
more human steps
that we do most often
are greatly overexaggerated
like lofty flowers
in the trees
as seeking upwards
reaching ridiculously
transversely
for the bananas of
tomorrow's smoothie
already on the ground
so we can be more cognizant of other energy fields
besides our own
that hit life frequency
peak to valley
valley to gorge
gorge to river
river to sky
atoms in your soul
since the dawn of time
the chemistry of the stars
reminds us of
who we really are
and that is ...
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