Every Friday is the day to wish everyone Happy POET'S DAY and to share some aesthetics. But usually of a kind that imbues "the romantic ideal." You might ask what this is. Well, my favorite part of the definition I think is best summed up in a great line of verse from a really great poet from yesteryear:

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." -- John Keats

So, in keeping with POET'S Day and Mr. Keats, here's some aesthetics for you which, I might add, sometimes includes rock 'n roll music!

A song to melt out to: https://lnkd.in/g4kbBns

A poem to reflect upon:

EXHORTATION

I will always feel love that is true and magnificent
And hear lovers repeat words that are well worth repeating,
(So it is with true friends who share every careful greeting);
And yet, though love is potent, and happiness is well meant,
I would tell them to hold on to every precious moment,
For love is frail...and happiness is so very fleeting.

For I have felt the spark of hope and the sunlight beaming
Through the eons of life that selfishness and greed distort
(Which truth and wisdom often fail to repair or comfort);
And though there are those who dream of sunlight always gleaming,
I would tell them to hold on to every dream they’re dreaming,
For dreams are such fragile things...and life is so very short.

-- Patrick the Poet