Poetry Monday :: Genius

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Todays theme is Genius. And I have no idea what to do, so I just amble along and hope something comes of it.

The word Genius looks like this in Japanese:

天才

The first kanji てん (ten) means heaven and the next さい (sai) means genius. Well, you could make do with the last half, 才(さい - sai) as it means geinus all by itself, but somehow a heavenly genius, 天才, is better.

A heavenly genius once sang a song
Of wisdom and beauty
(As this was his duty).
But then came along
A fool and a begar and chided the man,
And then he forgot how it all just began.

And that is the reason why we all today
To beauty and talent
(Are not very gallant),
Have nothing to say
We're foolish and stupid and often get lost.
And try to bedazzle  at every cost.

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Next Monday we'll tackle Celebrating Poetry
A worthy subject, we all agree.