A Poet's Blog: Roger N.Taber shares his thoughts & poems...

Thoughts and observations by English poet Roger N. Taber, a retired librarian and poet-novelist.- "Ethnicity, Religion, Gender, Sexuality ... these are but parts of a whole. It is the whole that counts." RNT [NB While I have no wish to create a social network, I will always reply to critical emails about my poetry. Contact: rogertab@aol.com].

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Sadly, a bad fall in 2012 has left me with a mobility problem, and being diagnosed with prostate cancer the same year hasn't helped, but I get out and about with my trusty walking stick as much as I can, take each day as it comes and try to keep looking on the bright(er) side of life. Many of my poems reflect the need to nurture a positive-thinking mindset whatever life throws at us.

Sunday, 13 July 2014

Notes on the Sociology of Imagination


As we grow up, we like to think we embrace the world and its greater wisdom. Yet, we grow old and look at a divided humanity across the world, wondering…whatever happened to wisdom?

Thank goodness for imagination: inspiration, escapism, and the sense of a better, kinder world never entirely out of reach.

NOTES ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF IMAGINATION

Child,
chasing a white rabbit,
relishing the thrill
of discovering places
nobody knows
so nobody goes, and secrets
mean safety

Youth, 
scornful of white rabbits,
relishing the thrill
of reworking everyday
text-speak
if only to nurture new ideas,
keep them safe

Mature,
mindful of a feisty rabbit
relishing the thrill
of discovering places
nobody knows
so nobody goes, and secrets
mean power

Old,
conjuring up reflections,
of Once-upon-a-time,
struggling to make sense
of Here-and-Now,
wondering whatever happened
to its dreams...

Rabbit droppings, proof of life
in a Hall of Mirrors

Copyright R. N. Taber 2014





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