{"id":1586,"date":"2014-07-07T16:15:05","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T21:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2014-07-07T16:19:26","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T21:19:26","slug":"owed-to-knot-rhyming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/07\/owed-to-knot-rhyming\/","title":{"rendered":"Owed to Knot Rhyming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The ability to rhyme<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Is not my paradigm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I brandish cacophonies<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>To unleash new homeys<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And soul full plurality<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Welcoming that which can knot<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Be beat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My poetry is offbeat.\u00a0 That is not to say that it doesn&#8217;t have rhyme or alliteration, or rhyme and reason.\u00a0 I brandish cacophonies to unleash unexpected cognitive dissonances that may provide momentary shortcuts and brief openings to our hearts.\u00a0 Since the longest distance in the universe is from our heads to our hearts, there is great utility in such brain bypasses opening up the possibilities of new heart operations or inducing strokes of genius beyond calculation.\u00a0 Cutting through such a knot is the metaphor used in the ancient Greek myth of King Gordius who set out a challenge to untie an incredible knot, promising great power to whoever could do it.\u00a0 Many tried and failed, including the best and brightest.\u00a0 Then, one man took out his sword and sliced the knot open with one stroke of genius.\u00a0 The conventional wisdom of applying ever more clever brain power and ever more nimble hands missed the simple solution of using a wholly different tool.\u00a0 Our heart is a holy different tool than our brains and hands.\u00a0 As an organ of sense perception the heart can discern truths beyond sheer intelligence or brute power.\u00a0 You knead knot believe this.\u00a0 Though the heart may just prove a cut above the wrest&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ability to rhyme Is not my paradigm I brandish cacophonies To unleash new homeys Word And soul full plurality Welcoming that which can knot Be beat My poetry is offbeat.\u00a0 That is not to say that it doesn&#8217;t have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/07\/owed-to-knot-rhyming\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[637,542,138,229,485,431,202,86,638,658,94,110,636,53,531,421,487,389],"class_list":["post-1586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-alliteration","tag-ancient","tag-cognitive-dissonance","tag-conventional-wisdom","tag-genius","tag-heart","tag-holy","tag-metaphors","tag-myths","tag-poems","tag-poetry","tag-power","tag-rhyme","tag-short-poems","tag-soul","tag-truth","tag-universe","tag-wisdom"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Owed to Knot Rhyming | Uncategorized | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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