Poetry Sunday

Every once in a while, a poem speaks directly to me. This is one of those ...

The Learning Curve

by Louis Jenkins

There are certain concepts that I only vaguely under-
stand but that people talk about all the time. You
frequently hear the term "learning curve," for instance.
I suppose that refers to how one learns a new skill or
gains knowledge over a period of time, described as an
ascending arc from zero (knowing nothing) to ten, the
zenith (knowing all there is to know about a thing). Then
comes the gradual descent, the arc of forgetting, back
to zero. Then, feet firmly planted on the ground in the
batting box of ignorance, the learning curve ball comes
whistling past and slowly you come to understand that
once again you are out.


Nowadays, it seems like we Americans - all of us - have "[our] feet firmly planted on the ground in the batting box of ignorance" and are watching that curve ball zipping by. I hope we do better come November.

Have a good day and enjoy the rest of your weekend. More thoughts coming.

Bilbo