You imagine
With but a glance,
Find courage
To take a chance,
Thus grab hold
Of wont so bold,
That by and by
Propensity
Will defy,
Hereafter bound
To occupy,
A life once lived
On dead man’s ground!
Poetry on a canapé
A journey through Jean-Jacques Fournier's poetry
Poetry on a canapé 
If you don’t take the chance, then what? Nothing ventured… Another really good one, JJ.
Thanks again Paulette… and of course, then what, life is all about chance. I can’t imagine living dead because not taking chances would be just that… Jean-Jacques
Courage is a wonderful word that brings with it the promise of living every moment of our days.
Yes, yes absolutely Rebecca, the promise of living, in this complicated dangerous world demands courage. Jean-Jacques
Praiseworthy discussion (in prose) of a belief not held by all, in fact, by few (nothing ventured). This for the courageous or foolhardy (sometimes perceived as same). Timidity or easiest path is chosen by the meek. (Sorry to contradict The Bible (‘The meek shall inherit the earth’)). History indicates otherwise.
Ah!… mon ami, I’ll not dispute your contention as who can deny a flock of sheep requires but a shepherd and his dog to herd said sheep. Therefore why be sorry, to contradict the bible, which after all is merely to contradict the word of other men, whose experiences were other or lesser than your own and or mine. At the time this ancient document was written, man relied on numbers to conquer, and history as we know it now, is yet to be written by the vanquished, as you so aptly put it, history indicates otherwise; i.e. the push of a button and a city, country or a world is erased. We now live in a kind of world in which said bible has no say in such matters. Power says reality, in the hands of few speak, and not that old bible of the wishful thinking meek. Thank you John… always a welcome pleasure to read the reaction of a thinking intelligent person who offers food for thought. Jean-Jacques