Own good
if they tell me it’s bad, I’ll think about it / it’s the good I’m worried about
a good boss / a good fellow / a good guy / a good opportunity / a good job / a good talking to / a good licking
chipped tooth / smashed mirror / bent nail / warped board / split rail fence
good standing / good faith / good breeding / good behaviour / good name
good taste / good vintage / good buzz / good shit / good client / good scene / good excuse / good source / good compliance / good supply
unfinished quilt / abandoned manuscript / interrupted meal / unfinished symphony / unanswered letter / unmailed postcard / uncooked bread / unframed photograph / unnamed child / unmarked grave
good shot / good sense / good enough / common good / greater good / good rule
flooded basement / condemned house / abandoned mill / boarded storefront / empty factory / burned forest / eroded hillside / dried-up creek / poisoned river / logged valley / mined mountain / salted field / gutted church / exhausted soil / bombed apartment
good government / good order / good intentions / good progress / for your own good
it’s not just history that is written by the victors
a three-legged dog / a blind cave fish / a tree growing around barbed wire / a cracked bell that still rings / a scar that can predict rain / a burned forest that sprouts fireweed / driftwood / a split trunk with two crowns / a one-winged gull running into the wind
“All things counter, original, spare, strange1”
Gerard Manley Hopkins, Pied Beauty | The Poetry Foundation