Dialogue enhances opportunity.
Epiphany, validation, conversion — possible.
Building consensus, differing opinions
seeking truth elevating reality
eye to eye,
heart to heart,
amplifying thought and speech.
– discussion –
Speech and thought amplifying
heart to heart,
eye to eye,
reality elevating truth seeking
opinions differing, consensus building
Possible — conversion, validation, epiphany.
Opportunity enhances dialogue.
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Do you, like me, ever feel like half the world’s problems would be solved if only we engaged in more open conversations?
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Wow, I really love this- so clever and erudtite- form reflecting content so eloquently- wonderful!
I like this! Truth well-spoken/written. And such a cool, smart use of the form! Thanks!
conversation is so powerful, it opens doors, it accepts relationships, it says i acknowledge you and not just what i think…
Yes! i do think more problems would be solved through gut-level dialogue… nobody really knows what others go through until they ask. Best to never assume; talk it through. Love this Palindrome, Belinda. It also sounds good reading it in the reverse order. Very cool poem.
This is neat! I like the dimensions created by turning everything around, turning dialogue into a sort of dialectic.
“Be impeccable with your word” — is one of the four agreements upon which the ancient toltec peoples built their highly advanced civilization. It is perhaps the most important of the four because so much importance rides on what we say to each other. What comes out of your mouth has the power to harm, heal, teach, inspire, define, change, destroy…
Carry out each conversation with thought and love and love will abound.
I think conversations are helpful, but only if it is a real dialogue between two people who are interested in exchanging ideas. I’ve found some people are more keen on just hearing themselves talk without really listening to the other person’s point of view.
Love how you mirror the post like a conversation.
Indeed I agree…listening…with ears, with eyes, with hearts with all of our presence…sometimes not talking at all…just listening to one another breathing would shift so much…kindness would blossom like spring after a perfect rain. Yes, yes, yes. BEautiful poem my dear!
Before I got to your query at the end I was going to say something like “If only we had this happening at all levels in our world, half our troubles would be solved. ” ;_) This looks simple and perfectly occurring, almost effortless, which I’m sure it wasn’t. A wonderful piece in a challenging form–with a great message.
Remarkably clever and accomplished. A difficult, but enormously rewarding poem. Thank you.
So very true about the need for open and honest dialogue. It happens so infrequently, but can truly change a life or lives. This was beautifully done, Belinda.
Belinda,
Oh, that was fun…words forward and backward that full of purpose and meaning. Well done:~) You are really having fun with the poetry and I’m lucky for it!
This is really cool!
Well done! You certainly pulled that off smoothly. Good message too.