There Is No Knowledge -- Only Good Opinion

February 6, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is the Chinese, or Lunar New Year, which began on February 5, and this year is the Year of the Pig.

I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com .

A poem for the Chinese, or Lunar New Year of the Dragon, from the Dragon’s point of view:

There is no knowledge – only good opinion.

Happiness is not afraid of pain.

Each truth is limited to its dominion.

Years sweep away one's walls again, again.

Everyone knows better in their hearts,

Although their hearts know better than to know.

Reason is a razor's edge that parts

Objects from the fullness of their flow.

Fortune is a poor excuse for failure.

The only help one needs is what one gives.

Hard work and happiness extend one's tenure,

Ever more alive the more one lives.

Death is a prerequisite of time,

Revealing far more than it ever hides.

All is limitless, yet etched in lines,

Graven images of what abides.

One dragon, yes, can harmonize a song,

Needing only dreams to sing along.

© by Nicholas Gordon

If you enjoyed this poem, please like, comment on, or share it so that it might be seen and enjoyed by others. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/ther31.html. For more poems for the Chinese, or Lunar New Year, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/chinesenewyearpoems.html .

This week’s theme: Chinese, or Lunar New Year

2/4: The Point Is Just that I Don’t See the Point

2/5: There’s Nothing Really Wrong with Being Last

2/6: There Is No Knowledge – Only Good Opinion