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Tim
Senior Member

since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

0 posted 1999-07-29 11:26 AM

Sticks and stones will break my bones
...They call them crimes of hate,
Get the nigger, kill the fag,
...Never underestimate.

Did you hear the one about?
...He said with sheepish grin,
Did you turn and walk away,
...Or did you enter in?

A rock through neighbor's window,
...Some paint on synagogue,
What's the problem, childish pranks,
...And what's our epilogue?

The doctor speaks the dreaded word,
...Within you have a cancer.
Father holds a tearful child,
...He does not have an answer.

Children die, a nation mourns,
...Dixie cups and taper's flame,
Sing "Candles in the Wind."
...Absolve ourselves of blame.

Steal one's pride and dignity
...Ignore our prejudice,
Call it what it really is,
...A crime of cowardice.

[This message has been edited by Tim (edited 07-29-99).]

LngJhnAg
Member Elite

since 1999-07-23

Posts 3508
Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion

1 posted 1999-07-29 11:28 AM

Tim

Not bad - not bad at all. I liked some of your rhymes because they caught me unaware.

Tim
Senior Member

since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

2 posted 1999-07-29 05:57 PM

Thanks LngJhn

Elizabeth

Moderator

Member Ascendant

since 1999-06-07

Posts 6871
Minnesota

3 posted 1999-07-29 06:00 PM

This is so well-spoken, and it really says something about the way the world is today.

Balladeer

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

4 posted 1999-07-29 06:03 PM

Tim, your job may be getting to you! Sense-wise and structure-wise, this poem is very, very excellent......and, sadly, true.

Phantom
Junior Member

since 1999-08-03

Posts 18

5 posted 1999-08-03 05:39 AM

They say you can judge a society by how they treat their elder and their pets.But those of which you have written as well.Nicely done.

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Open your heart to the Darkness,set your soul free.

angel girl
Member

since 1999-07-23

Posts 322
within a whisper...

6 posted 1999-08-03 07:15 AM

i really liked the second stanza because it makes you think; when was the last time you "stepped in" and made a difference.
this poem had so much truth in it, and that is really sad.

however this is how society is (unless of course some one steps in and changes it).
excellent work and good luck in future writing!

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The world is in your hands; it is what you make of it.

keep on chuggin'

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

7 posted 1999-08-03 08:04 AM

This is quite exceptional, Tim - I'd hate to attempt to make a choice from among your works. They're all so profoundly poignant....
Not a single line lacks a point in this one - Please, please, please - Keep 'em coming

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

8 posted 1999-08-03 08:31 AM

Very well done and how it speaks of today society.....tragicly true!

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"Nobody has measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold" ~Zelda Fitzgerald

Delores Hall
Member

since 1999-07-16

Posts 342
USA

9 posted 1999-08-03 10:46 AM

Wonderful writing.I agree with the statement.
A crime of cowardice.

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