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Earl Robertson
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since 2008-01-21
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BC, Canada

0 posted 2008-12-12 10:43 PM


Let Gandhi have his Peace

The lion roars
It’s a kittens meow
Tell half the story
Vengeance to avow

Let Judas have his silver
And Gandhi have his peace
Don’t have a thing to loose
Except my friends increase

The kitten roars
But the sun shines down
Can half a smile
Reverse half a frown?

How could it be worthless
To let the swords rust
To soften the hearts
Turn the stone into dust?

It’s a twisted question
But it’s a twisted game
I won’t touch your dice
I won’t call upon your name

Let Judas have his silver
And Gandhi have his peace
The immortal then can bleed
Peaceful illusions cease

My melancholy is purely my own

© Copyright 2008 Frank Robertson - All Rights Reserved
rhia_5779
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1 posted 2008-12-13 12:16 PM


I really like this- I thought the ideas were really good.
I loved
The kitten roars
But the sun shines down
Can half a smile
Reverse half a frown?

and the stanza right after it. Some of the rhyming came off off because it was inverse rhyme. Maybe try and see if you can reread it so it will read smoother but other than that it was really good. I liked it.

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2 posted 2008-12-13 08:40 PM


"How could it be worthless
To let the swords rust
To soften the hearts
Turn the stone into dust?

It’s a twisted question
But it’s a twisted game
I won’t touch your dice
I won’t call upon your name"

Something about those two stanza's just made me fall in love with this poem. I really like your thoughts in it. But I'd have to admit at the beginning i was sorta confused about it. Like I didn't know what it was suppose to be about. Great poem over all though.

-Zach

So together but so broken inside

Earl Robertson
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since 2008-01-21
Posts 753
BC, Canada
3 posted 2008-12-14 11:24 PM


Thanks guys!
Rhia: I've read over it a few times and can't find the flow problem, could you be more specific so my advantage doesn't continue to blind me?
Rain: Muahahahahahahahaha you will never know what this is about!!!

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What?

My melancholy is purely my own

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