{"id":8898,"date":"2025-12-05T12:27:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=8898"},"modified":"2025-12-05T12:27:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:27:17","slug":"poem-blue-prince-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/05\/poem-blue-prince-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Blue Prince of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wrote this poem on the occasion of my friend Sean Nestor’s 40th birthday. There is a lot to unpack — just as with Sean! I gave a simple framed copy of this poem, without author info, to unsully the obvious. More importantly, I hand-wrote the poem inside one of my favorite books, Soul’s Code<\/em>, by James Hillman, a Jungian psychologist. I included this link, appliedjung.com\/a-blue-fire\/<\/a>, to provide a detailed background on James Hillman, and to elucidate the reference to “Blue” in the title, beyond the allusion to melancholy. The book, Soul’s Code: In Search of Character and Calling<\/em>, is an epic attempt at a holistic<\/strong> view of meaning in one’s life, in sharp contrast to the reductionistic means that dominate western culture. I suspect that this book would be refreshing for anyone who has experienced being reduced to something less than.<\/p>\n

Blue Prince of Life<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

There is a character
\nNamed Sean
\nDestined to be free
\nSow becoming
\nSoully what he can be
\nOr whatever
\nIt\u2019s called
\nWear universal truths
\nGo to dye
\nAnd are borne
\nAs colorful biographical realities<\/p>\n

Sean has the rare privilege, unduplicated so far, of two dedicated poems to them, outside of family members. The first was on the occasion of his 29th birthday: More Than, a Nester \u2014 Owed to Se\u00e1n Nestor, in honor of his 29th birthday<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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