Festingered

Time to change.

Festingered

My dissonant days are done

as I align my cognitions.

Not for me the irrelevance

of shoe tying

as I strive for consistency

between expectation and reality.

Belief changes ones belief,

unless of course one is in denial.

So I must refuse misperception,

rejection and refutation

and when prophecy fails

I will simply listen to a symphony

on my journey to consonance.

 

23/04/15

Reviews

[MsJewel]

An intelligent and well written poem, quite inspirational.

:) Julie

[John Alexander McFadyen]

You have the wrong man! lol
Thank you so much Julie.

[Kelly Scheppers]

I love these analytical views you conjure up, John. We all need some diversity between expectation and reality. Good writing!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Kelly it was Festinger who thought them up, I simply put them into verse lol!

[andrew mitchell]

A very clever and smart to the point where you have to hang around to absorb all the multi layers.because its so busy!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

He was the man who studied and coined the term cognitive dissonance!

[andrew mitchell]

Pardon my ignorance but his path and mine never crossed til now

[Gio S.P.]

This is such a vivid scenery for the viewer and speaks on cataclysmic levels. Well done!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

It is a poem based upon the theory of dissonance put forward by Festinger

[Tom McRoberts]

A very smart poem. I love how you've still managed to maintain a lovely meter in spite of the narrative voice's highly analytic outlook.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you so much Tom.