FDR. Image care of Wikimedia Commons.
Here’s a few quotes for the would-be writers of the world. The topic this week? Perseverance:
“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.”
~Henry Ward Beecher
“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
~Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.”
~Lucretius
To Think
a Will
not unbecoming in its being
a presence
Manifest
Unwilling Man still feels
the Breaking
rush
coursing through black Unwillingness
to Think
Then
if I cannot will thought to being
Nonwilling stands
Resolutely
Renouncing willingness of being
Thought collides
Beyond
this Existence of Convenience.
My latest contribution to the wonderful One Shot Poetry Wednesdays! Once you’ve had a look, check out some of the other One Shot Poets as well– they’re a skilled bunch of poets, looking to form a community and support one another. Enjoy!
Here is the last of the batch. I hope you have enjoyed the day’s Haikus:
Brick by rotting brick
Wrinkled hands tear down the wall
Of fears unbidden.
I will not don the Black
I will not bend the Knee
I will not break my Oaths
Or break my Word for thee.
–
Take my Head
Or take my Hand;
Break my Body a Thousand Ways—
My Will shall ever stand.
–
Just because you own the Law,
Does not make you Right—
Just because you hold the Crown
Does not ignite my Fright.
The Waking Den 