<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=413670" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Complementary viewpoints for friend Chandra</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Philosophy and poetry<br> are not completely different.<br>Each represents a way to see<br>What is not always evident.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Philosophers and poets try<br> to understand the universe.<br>The answers which they can supply.<br>Expressed in turgid prose or verse.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Philosophers can be abstruse<br> and difficult to understand<br>Because of how they phrase their views.<br>I don’t dismiss them out of hand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I much prefer the poets verse<br>To endless reams of complex prose.<br>I do not think I am perverse<br>Simplicity I must suppose.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Is really what appeals to me.<br>the poets seek to entertain<br>and yet express with clarity.<br>Philosophers try to explain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Their reasoning in great detail.<br>They just succeed in boring me<br>Their efforts are to no avail<br>I will admit quite openly</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I simply cannot spare the time<br>To plough through densely written prose.<br>But I find poetry sublime<br>I like the way it ebbs and flows.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The insight that a poet shows<br> can entertain and educate.<br>Philosophers try to impose<br>their views, discouraging debate.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Which does not sit too well with me.<br>Folks can’t stand being patronised<br>and will rebel instinctively. <br>A fact that poets recognise.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They are content to share their thoughts.<br>With anyone who chooses to <br> read the verses they have wrought.<br> Which may express a different view</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To that of the philosophers.<br>You draw your own conclusions<br>and choose which version you prefer.<br>Perhaps your own opinions.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Philosophy and poetry<br>Are both legitimate attempts<br>To explain some mystery<br>By folks of different temperaments.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">22/08/2009<br>http: // blog.myspace.com/poeticpiers</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=413670" data-title="Complementary viewpoints for friend Chandra de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="Philosophy and poetry are not completely different. Each represents a way to see What is not always evident. Philosophers and poets try to understand the universe. The answers which they can supply. Expressed in turgid prose or verse. Philosop..."></div> </div> </div>

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