I wrote a poem last April called Of Arrogance and Confidence"

Discern difference

Ego thinks with arrogance

Nous knows confidence

Egotistical ramblings

versus language of the soul

I could sing a decoder ring and stop there at tanka

but let’s keep going and rhyme our way to the beautiful island of Sri Lanka

One insists while the other one listens and desists

One thrashes with dissension while the other one sows expansion

One hits you with its belt while thymoeides emulates Teddy Roosevelt

One rattles its cage with rage while logistikon imparts like a calm sage

One seeks to win with a head of steam while the other one knows there is no I in team and affords others their fair share of esteem

One incites and gaslights while the other one stokes the furnace of insights

One calls everyone else dumb while the other one knows that Socrates humbelly nous he was no dumbbelly

One thinks that English is the best while the other one thought surely you jest

Other says Greek is the language that waxes poetic and fits meanings like a glove until it learned last night from Ikram that Arabic was created for epic poetry and has no less than eleven words for Love