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Post by Jamie~poetshare.forumotion.com on Aug 1, 2009 19:33:40 GMT -5
Occasional Genius
In most minds lies genius dormant
Where times and chance
Find relevance
In mild circumstance concordant
Venerated for happenstance,
When recognized
Genius thrives,
Now cultivating man's advance--
Given mankind's spurts of progress--
Recovering
"Discovering"--
What of men of lesser genius?
Those with talent still yet to find?
The question begs:
What powderkegs
Await within the latent mind? |
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Post by polonius on Aug 2, 2009 3:51:08 GMT -5
A nice egalitarian sentiment, Jamie, expressed with precision in metre and rhyme. Though I tend to think that people more or less realise their potential so far as it is there to realise.
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Post by apocalypticjay on Aug 2, 2009 14:06:57 GMT -5
I have to disagree with Pol, alot of peoples talents can lay dormant for years and stumbling upon a talent can be natural too, I think many people of the world who are living and dead undermine their potential of being a genius in their art. Brillaint Jamie, Glad to see you in this board!
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Post by stacy (FINALLY back!) on Aug 2, 2009 17:16:51 GMT -5
I loved this Jamie. I truly think that there are so many out there who fail to live up to their potential. They say that each of us only utilize 10% of our brains. When you think of that, it is astounding. To me anyway. Exalt.
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Post by Harklight on Aug 6, 2009 21:33:06 GMT -5
Brilliant piece, Jamie ~ tight in form, strong rhythm, flow and rhyme.
I've often wondered this about people with Autism, Downs Syndrome and internal thought conditions that we barely accept exist, let alone understand. What genius awaits us?
That 10% is actually an Urban Myth, Stacy. It was once considered true but we use far more and what we utilise, can easily access and bring forward are different.
Great write and definitely worth more than a moment's thought. H x
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