Kurt April
Professor
Category Archives: Poems
IN THE FLOW
When in the flow Being a vessel Cultivating what needs to emerge Whether in solitude or busy-ness Whether in my disciplined routine or in chaordic moments Meaning emanates – work, relationships A larger me appears Freed of shame No hint of guilt Suspension of judgement And raised in my awareness I consciously and…
INAUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP
Inauthentic leadership In the moment In the long-term Manifest often in expressive, destructive emotions Not just for the individual Dissonance diffuses Contagious emotions One, others, team Helplessness abounds Organisations and communities, too Appearing political at best Mainly toxic at worst, at its core Negativity demands attention and focus Judgement sets in…
ENOUGH IS NEVER ENOUGH
Born with a need to be To be counted To be among the best Never satisfied, always seeking Always striving From a distance Mediocrity looks blissful Ironically – peaceful How to meander through life Seemingly without purposeful aim Not troubled by choice, personal choice Devoid of common good judgement Yesterday, today and tomorrow’s…
NEVER ALONE
We are born alone, and then embark on life’s road But we are never quite alone Our parents initially Still others The family, the friends, teachers, colleagues And if we still feel alone We only have to look to the mountain Such awesome beauty, that shines with delight With clouds hanging low, a…
HOW BLESSED WE ARE
How blessed we are For men and women Brown and Yellow Black and White Who had patient hearts Who acted on our behalf Who moved with cautious respect With tentative dialogue With slight compromise How blessed we are That they acted on our behalf Putting family at risk Scarring their own relationships Entering a…
THE PAST IN THE NOW
I do not see the world as it is I do not see things as they are There is an intruder on my present experience I do not fully know me As I am, as I really am As I could be … whole! I am seeing me as I am, now A…
THE DANCE
I watched my baby cry, and grow I see his smile – he recognises emotion, he notices What a wonderful world I’ve danced aimlessly On my own, holding hands with him, as a family Our hands touch, our heads touch He makes an honest comment which leaves us laughing, deeply laughing I love…
INNER THEATRE
You cherish the notion that you’re in controlHoweverUnderlying all action, all thoughtIs your shadow, your unconsciousSo often out-of-awareness, but so influential You need to embrace it, to navigate the paradoxical nature of life Make sense of grandiose others in your inner theatreMake sense of your childish helplessness in your inner theatre Use your imagination, use…
WHOLE, BUT NOT COMPLETE
Wholeness is an experience I had to first believe it – truly believe it, before I experienced it I know it now – finally, deeply I know it to be real I feel it I know the day it happened When the years-long process came to fruition But with words – these symbols –…
HE IS OUR SPACE
First there was effort Then conversation Oh how we talked – of us, of them, of life of the things that matter, of things that last Then a kiss, and communion We shared our dreams, we shared our hopes And we compromised We also learnt to shape the compromise We planned our outcomes, we…