Even When the Sky Is Stone

April 7, 2019

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is truth.

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A philosophical poem about the role of imagination in perception:

Even when the sky is stone

The earth is free to sing;

The best potatoes know the songs

That season every spring.

Even when the wall is dry

The paint is not asleep;

Some foul-mouthed cuckoo keeps it up

With jokes that make us weep.

Even when the frog is free

It may not know the dance;

What good is it to have the right

And leave the choice to chance?

Even when the water's clear

Things aren't what they seem;

To understand the simplest words

There is a need to dream.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Truth

4/1: Facts Are Less Reliable than Dreams

4/2: The Truth Is Far Too Truthful

4/3: What You Think You Know, You Don’t

4/4: A Double-Blind Study Is Truly Doubly Blind

4/5: Beverly

4/6: Each Moment Is a Word of Glass

4/7: Even When the Sky Is Stone