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Light Mystery

IS LIGHT THE MOST REAL THING WE SEE AND NOT WHAT LIGHT SHOWS US?

POETRY IS WILD NONSENSE

  And with the help of the poet it reaches a form of intellectual intensity.  The poet attacks the irrational then in his own writing, yet still loves poetry more than prose.  In other words he dislikes poetry and prose equally. 

  I can't find Shakespeare around to get his opinion.  We all know he did not change his ways too much in his plays.  That might have felt a bit dull, and the early masters he loved were poets, especially Ovid.  To verse or not to verse?

Being a journalist helps me be a better poet.

Most poets tend to go very inwards for inspiration.  That was true for Blake, Rosseti, Dickinson as early examples.  Blake wrote a piece on experience ironically.  Many other poets do seem removed from the "Real" world around them.  Virgil was in Roman culture, but was likely way more involved in his writing to give much attention to the life around him.  No doubt Walt Whitman was also such a writer.  This is perhaps the kind of thing that attracted the Academy in the first place.

Here comes the love

Oh no

Everyone run

The sky is falling

A cloud full of doves

Good signs of things to come

Here comes the kindness

Run for cover

Here it comes

Loves awareness is flowing

Even your drink is getting sweet

This is not a trick

Now join the feast!

Bees

To locate is challenging

In pitch darkness on slippery leaves

All know as an impossible dream

Yet as important as good broth

For to heal from the sting

That smarts the brains with lightening

Into the blood system strange love

Like eating this evening is not my idea you thunder people

Demigods wailing in flower beds

Where the bee had died

And stung my head

While the music was forgetful

As the forget me nots were

Which bees wax dripped upon

The honey in the magic song

Oozing into reality

Winter covered them

But the lit up like Christmas lights

With perfect whiskey

For the coming dreams

Where I was breathing under the sea

Amongst the atoms of life

And phosphorescent blue coral

Waxing deliciously.

Supporting Antifa in an educational context would amplify the anti-democratic nature of ideological capture to a dangerous degree. Antifa's core characteristics Antifa is a loose, decentralized far-left militant movement that explicitly rejects liberal democracy in favor of direct action, deplatforming, and sometimes violence to combat perceived fascism. It opposes free speech for opponents, views institutions (including schools) as tools for revolutionary change, and often aligns with anarchist or accelerationist tactics. Open support for it goes beyond standard left politics into endorsing extra-legal methods.Why educator or institutional support crosses a line Undermines the rule of law — Public schools are state institutions bound by democratic norms (elections, due process, free expression under the First Amendment). Teachers or curricula that fantasize, romanticize, excuse, or promote Antifa-style tactics (property destruction, no-platforming, "by any means necessary") teach contempt for democratic mechanisms. This is especially toxic for youth, who are still forming civic habits. Heightens indoctrination risk — In captured systems (e.g., activist factions within unions like Oakland Education Association), materials that frame Antifa sympathetically as heroic resisters fit the pattern of one-sided narratives. We've seen unauthorized "teach-ins" and "liberatory education" pushes in Oakland and similar districts that critics argue veer into political activism rather than balanced analysis. Glorifying militant groups adds an endorsement of violence to ideological skew. rethinkingschools.org Disproportionate harm — For less-educated or captive audiences (K-12 students), this normalizes extremism. It can desensitize youth to political violence, chill dissent in classrooms, and erode trust in democratic institutions. Post-2020 riots and campus disruptions showed real-world spillover. Anti-democratic double standard — Democracy allows debate over ideas, even radical ones. But state-funded educators actively supporting a movement that rejects debate itself (via doxxing, riots, or "punch a Nazi" rhetoric that expands "Nazi" to include mainstream conservatives) is viewpoint discrimination with state power behind it. It's the opposite of pluralism. Reality checkNot every progressive educator supports Antifa—many explicitly reject its violence. Direct endorsements in official curricula are rare and often opposed by districts when publicized. However, tolerance or soft-pedaling in activist teacher circles, reading lists that lionize radical left figures, or failure to condemn Antifa-linked tactics does occur in highly polarized blue-city environments and feeds the capture critique.This would make the problem not just bias, but incitement against democratic norms. Reforms emphasizing classical civics, viewpoint balance, and strict political neutrality in K-12 become even more urgent. Public education should prepare citizens for democracy, not recruit for its rejection..