*“quiz”: (archaic meaning) question, mystery, enigma, puzzle, riddle, quandary, conundrum, dilemma, etc.
Or is it taught? Why do some possess it,
and some do not? These questions are outworn!
As riddle over which to obsess, it
only matters that genius brings forth art,
music, poetry, mathematics, dance,
religion, and science—to endow heart
and reason to witless souls which, perchance,
we know as “Man.” Genius is not for wasting,
or for consuming it upon one's lust:
rather, it is meant for God Everlasting;
to bring Him praise before one turns to dust.
Whatever genius's mystery is, it's His
to give as He pleases—of that there's no quiz!
Sonnet by Ngoc Nguyen
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Written on 2020-06-09 at 02:57
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''O Muses! What Is Genius? Is It Born?'' (1st draft)
O Muses! What is genius? Is it born?Or is it taught? Why do some possess it,
and some do not? These questions are outworn!
As riddle over which to obsess, it
only matters that genius brings forth art,
music, poetry, mathematics, dance,
religion, and science—to endow heart
and reason to witless souls which, perchance,
we know as “Man.” Genius is not for wasting,
or for consuming it upon one's lust:
rather, it is meant for God Everlasting;
to bring Him praise before one turns to dust.
Whatever genius's mystery is, it's His
to give as He pleases—of that there's no quiz!
Sonnet by Ngoc Nguyen
Read 480 times
Written on 2020-06-09 at 02:57
Tags Genius God Muse
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