{"id":2569,"date":"2016-11-01T18:22:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T23:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=2569"},"modified":"2016-11-01T18:22:37","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T23:22:37","slug":"poem-possibility-verses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/poem-possibility-verses\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Possibility Verses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Her mastery<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Of the glorious bounty<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Of possibility<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Taunts those enslaved<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>By the vain security<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Of mere probabilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This poem is a tribute to the existential divide between possibility and probability. \u00a0Possibility is the purview of free will, introducing new realities through choosing one option over another. \u00a0Probability is the domain of calculation, predicting the course of endless strings of\u00a0cause and effect events. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Religious-Spiritual\/Buttons\/got-creativity-SPIRITUAL-BUTTON.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Religious-Spiritual\/got-creativity.gif\" alt=\"got creativity? SPIRITUAL BUTTON\" width=\"172\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a>Possibility is the realm of creativity, launching new cascades of cause and effect, and expanding meaning. \u00a0Probability is the sphere of the walking dead, where all that matters is predetermined and life is but ghostly animation, navigating predictable paths. \u00a0If predictability is what you are about, then probability is probably where you inhabit predominantly, with\u00a0habitual domesticity. \u00a0If fashioning new ways of being in the world is your manor of being, then possibility may very well be\u00a0your first and last resort. \u00a0Those preoccupied with mere probabilities will undoubtedly shortchange much\u00a0purpose in life, and find themselves as serf the web of feudal circularity. \u00a0Those spellbound by possibility will find immersion in life itself, imbued with meaning and the unfathomable intrigue of other free souls. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Religious-Spiritual\/Buttons\/Got-Inspiration-SPIRITUAL-BUTTON.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Religious-Spiritual\/Got-Inspiration.gif\" alt=\"\t Got Inspiration SPIRITUAL BUTTON\" width=\"173\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a>The predictability of a deeply ordered universe provides sound launching places for curious and free spirits, but entreats us to much more than mere security and manipulating control, the ultimate vanity of the undead. \u00a0May you find the incalculable freedom of possibility, inspiring others as you breathe in their spirit as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Political\/Buttons\/You-can-t-separate-peace-from-freedom-because-no-one-can-be-at-peace-unless-he-has-his-freedom-Malcolm-X-quote-POLITICAL-BUTTON.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Political\/You-can-t-separate-peace-from-freedom-because-no-one-can-be-at-peace-unless-he-has-his-freedom-Malcolm-X-quote.gif\" alt=\"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. Malcolm X quote POLITICAL BUTTON\" width=\"172\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Political\/Buttons\/Got-Freedom-POLITICAL-BUTTON.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Political\/Got-Freedom.gif\" alt=\"Got Freedom POLITICAL BUTTON\" width=\"173\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Martin-Luther-King\/Buttons\/Let-Freedom-Ring-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-BUTTON.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Martin-Luther-King\/Let-Freedom-Ring-MLK.gif\" alt=\"Let Freedom Ringb--bMartin Luther King, Jr. BUTTON\" width=\"173\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her mastery Of the glorious bounty Of possibility Taunts those enslaved By the vain security Of mere probabilities This poem is a tribute to the existential divide between possibility and probability. \u00a0Possibility is the purview of free will, introducing new &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/poem-possibility-verses\/\">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":[9,15],"tags":[341,386,20,411,338,115,359,486,658,94,424,425,659,53,487,650],"class_list":["post-2569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-control","tag-creativity","tag-events","tag-existential","tag-free-will","tag-freedom","tag-life","tag-meaning","tag-poems","tag-poetry","tag-possibility","tag-probability","tag-security","tag-short-poems","tag-universe","tag-vanity"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>POEM: Possibility Verses | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"POEM: Possibility Verses, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings, Control, Creativity, Events, Existential, Free Will, Freedom, Life, Meaning, Poems, Poetry, Possibility, Probability, Security, Short Poems, Universe, Vanity Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/poem-possibility-verses\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/01\\\/poem-possibility-verses\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/01\\\/poem-possibility-verses\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"POEM: Possibility Verses\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-01T23:22:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/01\\\/poem-possibility-verses\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":245,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/01\\\/poem-possibility-verses\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/Religious-Spiritual\\\/got-creativity.gif\",\"keywords\":[\"Control\",\"Creativity\",\"Events\",\"Existential\",\"Free Will\",\"Freedom\",\"Life\",\"Meaning\",\"Poems\",\"Poetry\",\"Possibility\",\"Probability\",\"Security\",\"Short Poems\",\"Universe\",\"Vanity\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Poems\",\"Political and Philosophical Musings\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/01\\\/poem-possibility-verses\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/01\\\/poem-possibility-verses\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/01\\\/poem-possibility-verses\\\/\",\"name\":\"POEM: Possibility Verses | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/01\\\/poem-possibility-verses\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/01\\\/poem-possibility-verses\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/Religious-Spiritual\\\/got-creativity.gif\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-01T23:22:37+00:00\",\"description\":\"POEM: Possibility Verses, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings, Control, Creativity, Events, Existential, Free Will, Freedom, Life, Meaning, Poems, Poetry, Possibility, Probability, Security, Short Poems, Universe, Vanity Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/01\\\/poem-possibility-verses\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/01\\\/poem-possibility-verses\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/01\\\/poem-possibility-verses\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/Religious-Spiritual\\\/got-creativity.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/Religious-Spiritual\\\/got-creativity.gif\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/01\\\/poem-possibility-verses\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog HOME\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Poems\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/poems\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"POEM: Possibility Verses\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Political Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show!\",\"description\":\"Top Pun&#039;s Pun-filled Stuff, Satire, and Public Health Science\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e\",\"name\":\"Top Pun\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f78057fc29c98405f1474e223d51149b962df4af36cea20bf4ccbb189f621bb7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f78057fc29c98405f1474e223d51149b962df4af36cea20bf4ccbb189f621bb7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f78057fc29c98405f1474e223d51149b962df4af36cea20bf4ccbb189f621bb7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Top Pun\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f78057fc29c98405f1474e223d51149b962df4af36cea20bf4ccbb189f621bb7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/TopPun.com\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"POEM: Possibility Verses | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %","description":"POEM: Possibility Verses, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings, Control, Creativity, Events, Existential, Free Will, Freedom, Life, Meaning, Poems, Poetry, Possibility, Probability, Security, Short Poems, Universe, Vanity Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/poem-possibility-verses\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/poem-possibility-verses\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/poem-possibility-verses\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"POEM: Possibility Verses","datePublished":"2016-11-01T23:22:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/poem-possibility-verses\/"},"wordCount":245,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/poem-possibility-verses\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Religious-Spiritual\/got-creativity.gif","keywords":["Control","Creativity","Events","Existential","Free Will","Freedom","Life","Meaning","Poems","Poetry","Possibility","Probability","Security","Short Poems","Universe","Vanity"],"articleSection":["Poems","Political and Philosophical Musings"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/poem-possibility-verses\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/poem-possibility-verses\/","url":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/poem-possibility-verses\/","name":"POEM: Possibility Verses | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/poem-possibility-verses\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/poem-possibility-verses\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Religious-Spiritual\/got-creativity.gif","datePublished":"2016-11-01T23:22:37+00:00","description":"POEM: Possibility Verses, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings, Control, Creativity, Events, Existential, Free Will, Freedom, Life, Meaning, Poems, Poetry, Possibility, Probability, Security, Short Poems, Universe, Vanity Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/poem-possibility-verses\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/poem-possibility-verses\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/poem-possibility-verses\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Religious-Spiritual\/got-creativity.gif","contentUrl":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Religious-Spiritual\/got-creativity.gif"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/poem-possibility-verses\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog HOME","item":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Poems","item":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/category\/poems\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"POEM: Possibility Verses"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/","name":"Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Political Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show!","description":"Top Pun&#039;s Pun-filled Stuff, Satire, and Public Health Science","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e","name":"Top Pun","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f78057fc29c98405f1474e223d51149b962df4af36cea20bf4ccbb189f621bb7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f78057fc29c98405f1474e223d51149b962df4af36cea20bf4ccbb189f621bb7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f78057fc29c98405f1474e223d51149b962df4af36cea20bf4ccbb189f621bb7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Top Pun"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f78057fc29c98405f1474e223d51149b962df4af36cea20bf4ccbb189f621bb7?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/TopPun.com\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":""}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570,"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569\/revisions\/2570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}