. THE TITLE OF THE POEM: On Difficult Discoverings THE POEM: Who wants them blatant? Handed out like candy? Who’d have them centered in the undemanding openness of pedestrian thoroughfares... exaggerated, made apparent, left heads-up, shimmering like golden nuggets scattered casually for easy-peasy pocketing? Why wouldn't you sooner risk exhaustion or muddied fingernails? Or the blistering friction delivering future callouses? And why wouldn't you welcome full complements of scrapes and nicks authentic searches deserve and exert before the comfort of a core discovery? Why shy from chiseling after prospecting, the splintering of thicknesses? It’s only then the softer brushing can come back around to gently sweep the fossil dust away. Let’s love the struggle of uncovering new things, abiding by painstaking breakthroughs along with the promises of a delightful find. Persist at even more peculiar truths: the heavy special revelations you and only you arrive at after trying everything. . THE END OF THE POEM . Poem by Robert J. Tiess Copyright © 2026

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"On Difficult Discoverings"

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