Ollie Lind Poetry

I wrote this short poem during the short, brutal war in the Balkans. I was particularly touched by the tragic love of a Serbian girl for a Croatian boy. They both died so unnecessarily. This poem is my protest at mankind’s brutality and stupidity. There can be so much beauty and love in the world, [...]

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I came from an extremely dysfunctional family. I know I am not alone in that regard. I have been blessed with five wonderful children and, as I grow older and the family gathers from time to time, I feel the warmth and companionship that had been missing in my own childhood. I am so grateful [...]

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I have always been an avid reader. I particularly like ancient history. I loved reading of exotic places and events that shaped the world. Then I noticed something very strange to me. It was the cyclical nature of events. Time and again the same pattern of events would occur. Mankind would seem to repeat the [...]

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One of the most pressing problems, to my mind in our modern society is mental illness. Drugs don’t seem to be the answer. In fact it seems that many drugs exacerbate the problem. I wrote this poem in an attempt to gain some sort of understanding of the state of mind of someone who is [...]

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