All is a contradiction,
a place where opposites meet;
avoiding confrontation
in a war where words compete.
Reading many philosophical texts, which contradict each other and often themselves. This doesn’t render them useless but keeps us in balance and open-minded to all ideas.
Shared with GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 17:
Write a poem in which you respond to a favourite poem by another poet.
While this is not a response to a specific poem, it is a response to the poetry of the philosophers.
Today’s Daily Stoic poem:
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