ode on a grecian urn
Old pottery is my legacy, like this piece from ancient Greece.
I wonder what the figures represent or what’s their intent, captured timelessly yet never free.
They are beautiful, that’s true, but I prefer to have answers too.
( playful pastiche, nod to John Keats )
Roger Kenyon was North America’s first lay canon lawyer and associate director at the Archdiocese of Seattle. He was involved in tech (author of Macintosh Introductory Programming, Mainstay) before teaching (author of ThinkLink: a learner-active program, Riverwood). Roger lives near Toronto and offers free critical thinking and character development courses online.
“When not writing, I’m riding—eBike, motorbike, and a mow cart that catches air down the hills. One day I’ll have Goldies again.”
