Poems About Life Love Friendship
Posted in Poems on Jun 29th, 2008
The “election” is over. Significant opposition figures have been either imprisoned or murdered. The despot will retain, at least for the present, power over his miserable and oppressed people. The Western world has wrung its collective hands and ranted about ’sanctions’ and ‘political pressure.’
The African continent, itself not wholly without corruption, stands by and talks [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on Jun 22nd, 2008
Who was it that said, “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” I sometimes turn to the bard to express feelings that could otherwise be mixed and misunderstood. In a couple of week friends are moving overseas for a couple of years. The wife is a senior partner in a large, international accounting firm and is going [...]
Well, Obama has finally done it, it would seem. Following is a poem looking forward from here.
Live well,
Ollie
Game On
Black knight has won one fight.
White queen down, not quite.
All eyes turn towards the fall,
towards the king, who stands so tall.
Who can say what future brings?
Sound the bell, hear it ring.
Warrior king’s strident call,
“Face our enemies, make [...]
I don’t know about you, but the biggest mystery in the universe for me, is love.
It is the most desired, least understood human condition there is. Following is a poem I wrote about it when I was in a somewhat pensive mood. I hope you enjoy.
Live well,
Ollie Lind
Love
What is Love? I hear them say
as if [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on Jun 1st, 2008
This morning, as usual, I drove to the gym. It’s Sunday here in Sydney and the day is cool. The cloud cover is quite heavy. June first, the first day of winter and I am driving down that street I described on another post as lined with trees whose leaves are a glorious reflection of [...]
