Of Stoicism
Three stanzas of American cinquain
Resolve
Willpower rules
Epictetus describes
All aspects of this difficult
Virtue
To do
The distasteful
The disagreeable
The painfully and disgusting
Virtue
Avoid
Burning desire
Wisdom knows the difference
Twixt what I want and what I need
Divine
Thank you Ravyne Hawke for another deeply inspiring prompt:
Write a ‘resolve’ poem. Can be used as a verb or a noun, or both.
Poetry Form — Any
Line Length — 15 lines
Restrictions — line length
This was the daily prompt for November 17th. Today would have been my Uncle Richard’s 88th birthday. Richard and I had a difficult and complicated relationship (his best friend (other than you, Sandy) Richard Otto described him as having all of the best and all of the worst traits possible) but we loved and respected each other. Everyone in my immediate family hated him, but I will never forget when he stood in for my mother’s favorite uncle at my Bar Mitzvah to present me with a…
