Thursday, July 3, 2025

Poets and Fables: Steven Flint and “The Sun and the Boy”


It begins with the boy slowly waking up and welcomed by the rays of his much-loved friend, the Sun. While not noted, it’s assumed that they know each other well and have had previous adventures together. This day the adventure will be a swim. 

As always, in addition to the adventure, the Sun tells the boy a story. The stories are like fables, running the human qualities good and bad, each with an obvious moral. This day, the story is about pride, and how a sunflower listens so deeply to the flattery of a snake that he forgets his closest friend, the rose.


To continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak Poetry.


Some Thursday Readings

 

The Abolition of the Human – Jeremiah Webster at Front Porch Republic.

 

A Review of Matters for You Alone: Poems by Leslie Williams – Carla Sarett at New Verse Review.

 

Death, be not proud – poem by John Donne at Rabbit Room Poetry.

 

Shakespearean Philosophy – Br. John Metilly at The Imaginative Conservative. 

 

Poet Laura: Poetry in Space – Sandra Fox Murphy at Tweetspeak Poetry.

 

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