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Suetang
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0 posted 2002-08-20 07:20 PM


We're all made from the same fabric
And we are of the human race
I can be the color of my choosing
Just by painting my face
We all bleed the same color
'tho so many have lost sight
They are blinded by their ignorance
Always dividing black and white

* * * *

I wrote this as a challenge poem
from another site I submit to. It
showed a picture of two people with
half their face painted black and
half white.We were asked to write
about what we saw.

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

© Copyright 2002 Sue Tancheff - All Rights Reserved
paladin
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1 posted 2002-08-20 07:25 PM


Reminds me of an old Star Trek episode where the two enemys wre identical except one had a white side were the other one was black.

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2 posted 2002-08-20 08:50 PM




(sigh) Oh Sue, this is so very true, oh my gosh, I know this place you speak of, Mutington's Meadow. I used to post there as a matter of fact, the decorations and atmosphere is lovely there! (kiss on cheek) This is wonderful, sweet friend, you speak of such truth I wish everyone could understand, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Sue, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

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3 posted 2002-08-20 09:35 PM


Good job with this, Sue. Seems like the world would be so much better off, if everyone would remember this.
Sandra

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4 posted 2002-08-20 09:41 PM


This is an excellent excellent poem, Sue...
It is so interesting that mankind is evolving in such a way that within the next couple of generations, there will probably not be many racially pure people left...of any of the races...
It is already difficult to distinguish many of them.  I have often been asked, (especially when I have sun tan) what race I am.  I think that next time it happens...I will make up a crazy answer...I will say...
"can't you tell, I'm a chipmunk"  or a better answer would be to just say "human"
~ chipmunky hugs

Lyra

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"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

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5 posted 2002-08-20 10:47 PM


I feel that we of us that have been blessed
with being a majority....don't understand
these feelings nearly as well as those that
are in the supposed minority.....

Even women,  without regard for color are
discriminated against...

People feel discrimination because of the
color of their eyes...

So many things that people use to "grade"
others by....

Sad,  but very true and real...

Thanx for this Sue T./

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6 posted 2002-08-21 01:59 AM


Hi Sue,

I was saving this to write about,
but I believe it now belongs to you.  
Well done!

The most valuable thing you own is a smile, wear it, and share it.
Sharon    

Suetang
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7 posted 2002-08-21 02:36 AM


Thank you all so much for your comments.  I can only hope that future generations can see the light and improve things from our disgraceful and shameful past.  Sharon, thank you for the picture which is the exact one I wrote this from.

Take care......Sue

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

NewEnglandlazurlu
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8 posted 2002-08-21 07:30 AM


Hi Sue - I'm so impressed with what you have written here and I know both of us write alot about social issues.

I am not convinced that the next generation is any more tolerant - sadly.

The picture is wonderful.

Hugs, Marti

Toerag
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9 posted 2002-08-21 07:33 AM


This is a very good write.....(I probably would have written some silly poem about two idiots at a Penn State Football game?....)
Goodknight
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10 posted 2002-08-21 08:56 AM


Sue - you write a wonderful poem here with a powerful message - it says lots - Paul
Sudhir Iyer
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11 posted 2002-08-21 08:57 AM


This is very well done...

Regards,
Sudhir

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12 posted 2002-08-21 08:58 AM


SueTang~
Poignantly felt~
Wonderful inspiration~
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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13 posted 2002-08-21 12:39 PM


Sue:  This is a great lesson in tolerance and understanding. Very well done.

Betty Lou Hebert

Gabriel Frost
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14 posted 2002-08-25 11:13 PM


I am in total agreement with your poem!!!!!!!!
Why can't ppl just see that like you do.I can't help posting my poem, "Ghost In A Vase", now, it deals with the same kind of thing!
Bravo!

EagleScorpion
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15 posted 2002-08-25 11:23 PM


i would love to say that nowadays racial tensions have subsided.. as far as people in my generation in this country go, most of us seem to respect each other's differences.. sadly enough, there are still some vestiges of intolerance and racism in some areas of our country. And the rest of the world?? Forget it!!I see that humanity as a whole still has a LONG way to go before we can all safely say that racism is over with. In time these scars of stupidity will heal.

Life is a lonely journey to, and a heavy-hearted departure from three words. I LOVE YOU

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