Ollie Lind Poetry

I have always found it ironic how we tend to judge others on our personal views of virtue. We rush to criticize and yet, so often, merely reinforce our own prejudice.
When I was at primary school we had a young African boy join our class. He was the object of much attention. Some boys [...]

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A game I have always been fascinated with, but unable to excel at, is chess. I once saw two guys play a full game without a board. They called their moves and another guy followed them on the board. I was absolutely in awe of the intellectual capacity of these guys.
It struck me that [...]

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Noteworthy news this week is the closeness of the Democratic race for the nomination. The choices are clear and stark; or are they? Two firsts, one an unknown quantity to an extent. The other well known. It may be their strengths are also their weaknesses. On one hand, the lack of experience may tell against [...]

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Recently I spoke of losing a friend. It ended when the other person reacted very negatively about my decision not to associate with them in an an area of our lives that overlapped.
As I said, I was saddened, but would not resile from what I believed to be true. I thought a great deal about [...]

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