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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2006-09-22 07:34 PM




Message to the world's leaders:

Tawdry
    verbosity
        chokes.

Doublespeak
   doesn't yield
           twice as much truth
nor does it
              double the People's listening power.


You reap what you sow.
Listen to the People
speaking into the winds
that circle the Earth.

You just might find answers
blowing in there
that you have overlooked.

Maybe if you listen
you'll hear the hopeful whispers
amongst the loud cries.

Listen to the cries
for Peace.

They get louder each day.
But you'll have to listen carefully,
for the shouts of hatred and retaliation
are always louder than the prayers for Peace.

© Copyright 2006 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
iliana
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1 posted 2006-09-22 07:44 PM


Yes, Kacy, yes.  I'm with you all the way.  !!   *hugs*....jo
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2 posted 2006-09-22 07:56 PM


thank you Jo, for your continued efforts
aziza
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3 posted 2006-09-23 05:12 PM


You said so well what is in my heart.  Thank you for expressing a sentiment so many of us hear.

aziza

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4 posted 2006-09-23 05:27 PM


I liked especially thje beginning

after that it just

rolls the longtrampled tracks.

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5 posted 2006-09-23 06:07 PM


thanks all
Mukka, you are absolutely correct
it turns from poetry to didactic mush

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6 posted 2006-09-23 06:07 PM


Don't forget the softest whisper cries of the great mother. Shes in there too amung the clamorous din.

I am the two-toed wanderer

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7 posted 2006-09-23 06:09 PM


yes
thanks, mute

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8 posted 2006-09-23 06:10 PM


Maybe it's mush.  But, I guess the message rings strong to me.
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9 posted 2006-09-23 08:08 PM


thanks, aziza
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10 posted 2006-09-23 09:49 PM




mush? I don't think so Kacy
feelings

small folk
coasting on empty
hoping to be heard

thank you
for all of us...


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