Old democracy
The only way to redeem
Thee is persuasion
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D. J. Reddall
I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.
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Beyond the Firelight
Long before the advent of printing presses, libraries, or digital screens, the warmth of firelight was the setting for humanity’s most treasured stories. In the quiet of night, people gathered to listen to tales that were passed down not in written form, but through the spoken word. These stories were as diverse as they were enduring—whispers of gods, songs of legendary heroes, and lessons taught by tricksters who roamed freely between realms. These narratives weren’t captured in books; they were carried from one generation to the next, spoken from elder to child, their essence preserved in the memory of those who listened. Folklore became the fabric of memory, and poetry, with its rhythm and rhyme, was the thread that stitched it into the very fabric of human history.
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This challenge wasn’t about clean starts. It was about that weird in-between where something is beginning, but no one really knows what yet. A lot of these stories leaned into hesitation, into pauses and false starts and that feeling that something is about to happen but hasn’t quite.
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Sometimes I think Democracy The Ideal was locked away in a trunk by Democracy In Practice long ago to whither away
It might take a revolution. Well done.
Persuasion please redeem! Insightful senryu. Thought - provoking AI generated image. Excellent.
ah so powerfully true, my friend!
This was so deep and powerful! Loved your Senryu!
Love it! I was just talking to someone about how we need a straight majority rule in this country. The electoral college is as antiquated as slavery. If we elected by popular vote, it would solve a whole lot of problems.... including overcoming some justified cynicism from younger people about whether or not their vote truly matters! I enjoyed this poem (and that picture you generated)! ⚡💙⚡
This was powerful! Love it! 💌🌟