A labor in learning…”Learning,” my poem

remember your first time?

There is duty in learning, yes,

but the gentle passions of curiosity

can turn the page

and move the pencil

and light the quest

to learn more.

There is labor in learning, yes,

but the rush of exaltation

excites the calculus of understanding,

spills pride across the page,

pushes the pencil to the next line,

wakens the will to persist,

tightens the fingers

that write the strange new truths,

leans into learning

a bit more,

and then more…

July 11, 2023

Inspired by Die Hausaufgabe (The Homework), an 1893 painting by Simon Glücklich (1863-1943)

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