scratches in my mind
thought-provoking, inspiring senryu for you all.
is failure failure?
success waiting to happen
what's real failure?
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Paul Stewart
Scottish-Italian poet/writer from Glasgow.
Overflowing in English language torture and word abuse.
"Every man has a sane spot somewhere" R.L Stevenson
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electric silence: reframed
the gasps and the gaps the aching space between thoughts electric silence * Thanks for reading! Author's Notes: Sooo...experiment time. Had an idea that although the first time I posted this it was framed romantically - helped along with the image - it had been eating at me that it could be taken a different way, with a different image - less romantic - in fact, the opposite. So here you go.
By Paul Stewart15 days ago in Poets
Comments (12)
Lovely and truly thought provoking (fitting of the subtitle), for all the right reasons! Real failure, I think, is a lot less common than the definition implies!
Hmmmm. Something to think about. I consider "failure failure" the inability of those folks who decide to be bigoted and racist, malicious, thoughtless, self-absorbed and entitled, and hateful. That's failure on a societal level. That's rather "real" failure, IMO.
Not trying, that's real failure.
Well, what's real failure? Does it even exist? Does it happen when you say it's happened?
Hmmm, real failure. I think it's when we prioritise others more than ourselves. Real failure is failing to be there for ourselves when we need us the most. I hope that makes sense 😅😅
I think John is right, failure is not being brave enough to try. 😊
Is this a regular question or just rhetorical? I can never tell. I was going to say you only fail if you give up, but now I’m wondering if this is a trick question. There are so many different kinds of questions. Better read it again to make sure. Maybe if I read it backwards? Well THAT didn’t help. OK, I give up. What’s real failure? Never trying at all?
A perennially pertinent question!
Nice. Real failure is unique to all of us isn't it?
You learn so much more from what you do wrong than what you do right. Thoughtful stuff!
Failure is what I do every day to teach me the right way
Liked the title, the image choice, and each line!