One-Word Poem ~ After The Week That Was

Recorded Tuesday, 28 October, 2014, at home, Vancouver, BC., Canada.

This one-word poem came to me Sunday, 26th October, 2014.  Following the week that was, here in The Pacific Northwest of Canada, or, at least, following the reception of news stories that reached me through radio and online internet news and Facebook posts, including one of a mentally-ill man who shot a reservist outside our parliament, his life minutes later being taken by our sergeant-at-arms; the barricading of meeting room doors in our capitol by the MPs' all gathered on that Wednesday morning to meet; the continuation of the destruction of our civil liberties by the media-fuelled links to gossip and innuendo, the Western Washington State Schools shooting by a student, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC's) firing of the host of their program called Q, and his Facebook post of Sunday, 26th October, 2014.
Here is the one-word poem:

"Context".


by Susilawati (Susila) Bryant

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A Sure-Footed Start To The Week: A Foundation For "A Body of Words"

Because so many of us live in a world influenced the what some call the Material, and, indeed, the Vegetable Forces, thinking has become a frequent and useful activity.

The mind is engaged in multiple thoughts or sometimes, none at all, and some tend to use it for all solutions, often ignoring the other faculties given to us in our search to become true human beings.

"A Body of Words", therefore, is a theme worth exploring at this time, but with the starting point being the foundation of the body; the feet.

Here are some words and phrases relating to the foundation the feet provide us:

"Stand on your own two feet!"

"There wasn't a man left standing!"

"Will you stand up for me at my wedding?"

Even in an early Christian Hymn, worshippers sing; "Stand up, stand up, for Jesus!".

Here is what our friends at Merriam Webster say about the word "foot".

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foot

Back in the Eighties, Keith Spicer wrote a book called "Winging It! Everybody's Guide To Making Speeches Fly Without Notes" (Doubleday, 1988). 

The antonym of foot, of course, is head!

Up, Up, and Away!!