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Open Poetry #18

Wake Up Call

ecrivan
Member Elite

since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

0 posted 2002-01-01 02:38 PM

Powerful wake up call this is indeed
would that some of you poets take heed
I am not the author of much distress
but worldly issues I will always address!

With reference to a wake up call
while much of you were having your ball
I stayed at home in quiet torment
another 'year' aside, as global issues ferment.

I'm quite alright and need not be cajoled
into spreading good tide when from the Mid East to Afghanistan fires still glowed,
how much of what you do do you really enjoy
when celebrated times that be has you tucked in its employ.

But go on, I shall not stand in your way
celebrate with dazzling lights on display;
call yourself people who ring in the New Year
that is only another day that millions must fear.

[This message has been edited by ecrivan (01-01-2002 02:42 PM).]

amusemi
Senior Member

since 2001-12-08

Posts 1262
A State of Disarray

1 posted 2002-01-01 05:22 PM

As with any event, people tend to use the occasion for escape. If we don't leave the seriousness of life for a moment it can consume us. Typically I down play all holidays, especially New Year's. But, I enjoy watching the insanity of it all. People are fun to observe. We are all so different, and yet so alike...

Madame Chipmunk
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

2 posted 2002-01-01 06:40 PM

Martin......
I really identified with your excellent writing here.
we stayed home last night and watched Times Square
on the TV screen in the frigid air
so thankful that we weren't there

Happy New Year

copyright2001 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

ecrivan
Member Elite

since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

3 posted 2002-01-02 12:36 PM

Amusemi,

Of course there is a need for escape, but in moderation that's my angle..think I'll address that in a poem because of the scornful air I had here. Thanks amusemi.

Lyra,

I wanted to see Jupiter in the sky, it was supposed to be the closest and the skies were cloudy last night!!

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