Can We Park the ‘Passion’ for a Moment?

Posted on June 27, 2023 by JMN

… When the phrase

I’m passionate about
is trotted out like a mirror,
I adjust the last of my hair,
my dubious neck folded

into my collar: a dirty wad of dollars.
(Randall Mann, from “The Ritz,” Poetry, May 2023)

Many are “passionate” about this, that, or the other. It makes them shouty. They could cool their jets with some good poetry. We’d be none the worse for it.

(c) 2023 JMN — EthicalDative. All rights reserved

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About JMN

I live in Texas and devote much of my time to easel painting on an amateur basis. I stream a lot of music, mostly jazz, throughout the day. I like to read and memorize poetry.
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2 Responses to Can We Park the ‘Passion’ for a Moment?

  1. christinenovalarue's avatar christinenovalarue says:
    June 27, 2023 at 10:23 pm

    🖤

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  2. JosieHolford's avatar JosieHolford says:
    July 4, 2023 at 12:53 pm

    There’s nothing “passionate” about lifeless language. And I am currently heartily out of joint with joy, openly, and journey. And as for “lived experience” – literally…dead. Time to erase the most marginalized and vulnerable with those thoughts and prayers.

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