Poetic Justice: A collection of poems

By Mitchell D Buchtmann

These poems are a collection of personal thoughts and experiences that I have put into four sections. After finishing high-school, I fell in love with poetry and after visiting the beautiful country of Japan, I fell even more deeply in love with the art form of literature. Due to this love for the Far East, I have included a Haiku about each sec

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mitchell Buchtmann
• Release date: Mar 3, 2022
• ISBN: 9780645454017

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Poetic Justice

Poetic Justice

Poetic Justice

A collection of poems

Mitchell Buchtmann

Mitchell Buchtmann

Copyright © 2022 by Mitchell Buchtmann

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

First Printing, 2022.

The journey of a  thousand miles  begins with a single step.

- Lao Tzu

Dedicated to my mother, Maree, who always pushed me to succeed and supported me throughout all of my successes and failures, you mean the world to me. 

- M

Contents

Preface

I

The Seven Deadly Sins

I Pride

II Greed

III Wrath

IV Envy

V Lust

VI Gluttony

VII Sloth

II

Sorrows of the Soul

VIII The Crow and the Dove

IX Festering Night

X La Guillotine

XI Ringing Deep Inside

XII Examination Room

XIII A Wandering Mind

XIV Land of the Slaves

XV Naïve

III

Endearment of the Heart

XVI A Phoenix Rises

XVII New Beginnings

XVIII Enigma of the Soul

XIX Our First Anniversary

XX My Best Friend

IV

The Meaning of it All

XXI Socrates

XXII Plato

XXIII Aristotle

XXIV Axiology

XXV Metaphysics

XXVI Epistemology

XXVII Ethics

XXVIII Political Philosophy

XXIX Aesthetics

XXX Logic

Preface

These poems are a collection of personal thoughts and experiences that I have put into four sections. After finishing high-school, I fell in love with poetry and after visiting the beautiful country of Japan, I fell even more deeply in love with the art form of literature. Due to this love for the Far East, I have included a Haiku about each section after the titular pages of each section. These poems represent different phases of my life, ranging from dark times, to brighter times and everything in between.

Section one is titled The Seven Deadly Sins and seeks to shed light on some of the experiences that I have had with religion and certain struggles that I faced. I am by no means denouncing, nor praising any religion or religious practices, I am merely stating some contemplative thoughts that I have had surrounding religion. This chapter focuses on the traditional