A crooked line pointing past these
given answers
once so definitive
A crooked man a
shameless slavemaster
becomes the source
the author
of a freedom that
Sets the world on fire
Jefferson in his study
among
his books
his silhouettes
his inventions
A seeming guileless hypocrisy
this crooked mountain man
pointing us on
past the answers
To the questions
which
if asked
will bring us to the
self-evident truths
That will make us
who we are–who he was–meant to be
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magical word painting..
enjoyed the imagery..
thanks for sharing.
🙂
Those “self-evident” truths are a little murkier 200+ years later, aren’t they! Thanks for the thoughts.
~Terri, aka the Cloaked Monk
A deeply thought provoking poem…self evident truths…excellent write Thank you for sharing.
Truth in the form of a poem. Well done.
the opening line grabs me…
A nice tribute.
Self-evident truths that did not apply at that time but grew in importance. Crooked lines, shameless slavemaster, sets the world on fire. This poem is thought provoking and well written.
I likey!
Duality is human nature. Well put.
a provocatively written portrait. “pointing us on/ past the answers…” tight wordplay.
I had to read it twice. The last line really struck me. How beautiful if we could all become what we were meant to be.
very good poem, thanks for sharing
a very nice, thought-provoking, and historical poem. much appreciated.
awesome…. 🙂
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a political one…different, I like!
http://lynnaima.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/it-hurts-just-the-same/