Poetry of Impact

Poetry of Impact is an invitation to impact-inspired investors, founders, authors and artists to figuratively strip off the suit and tie and change into our jeans — to explore eternal topics often considered irrelevant or off-limits in “money” conversations: essence, loss, love, nature, and embodiment, just to name a few. Here are three poems from the collection by Gino Borges. You can download the book, check out the podcast and learn more here.

grammar of impact

the impact sphere has evolved quickly
a practice more in-demand and more diverse than ever
for people demanding a brighter, regenerative future 

as a community of diverse
impact-oriented investors, founders, social entrepreneurs 
we have countless entry points
to understand what impact means today 

grammar is the systematic language of the industry 
metrics
technicalities
lingo 

aligned standards that flow from intent 
to contribution to outcome 
predetermined rules that most can follow 
designed to be learned 

repeated
taught 
monetised 
commercialised 
conferenced 
jobbed 

grammar offers us transparency
a mirror glimpse of our intent in the world 
we learn to stand before we walk
to walk before we skip
grammar the stability of stride
poetry the beginning of dance 

where grammar ends

through the grammar of impact 
we categorise
identify
measure 
issues that affect people and planet
grammar lends a navigation map through global hardships 

directions to a final destination 
graciously laid-out routes
helpful indications of the quickest ways 

but grammar omits
will we walk, ride or fly
what attractions may lure us along the way 
will we be exuberant or tired
will the impact work be balm to the spirit 

grammar aids in steering, directing capital toward 
optimism
hope
selflessness 

yet when we acknowledge its narrowing effect 
we set the sail for poetry’s tailwind
toward a multidimensional impact existence 

the poetry of impact

an evolving language, always unfinished
as the character of deep impact takes shape 
through our collected impact patterns
and personal alchemy 

just as an architect needs a space to imagine a building 
or a farmer needs a bed of soil to grow her crops
these impact patterns need space to ground
to become alive 
to be felt 

impact patterns find their value
when they overlay onto grammar 
illuminating grammar, enacting luminosity 
deep impact done well
compresses impact poles
a circle folding
each one unto the other 

compression of impact moments 
becomes extraordinary imagination 
on careful paths
of impact pattern interconnection 

evolving inquiry into deep impact induces 
not reduces
inspires
not conspires 
to embrace life force, anima 
driving toward wholeness 

however, even when we profess understanding 
the common denominator in deep impact inquiry 
remains mysterious 

Gino Borges is dedicated to unveiling a different story of deep impact - the poetry of impact. He has dedicated his work towards creating an ecosystem for the collective to explore eternal topics often considered irrelevant or off-limits in “money” conversations: essence, loss, love, nature, and embodiment, just to name a few.

For the full collection, and to learn more about Poetry of Impact, head to: https://poetryofimpact.com/