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Open Poetry #46

a measuring tanka

easy1
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since 2010-05-22

Posts 1209
Southeastern USA

0 posted 2010-09-25 06:44 AM

You cannot measure
humans by their responses
to adversity.
Help them and see what happens.
Guide them, and see what they learn.

katahdin
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since 2010-07-01

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ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.

1 posted 2010-09-25 08:21 PM

Nice! Thought provoking!
Kat >^..^<

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

2 posted 2010-09-26 09:42 AM

Wise thought, thank you. Just read an article in my German review about how people react to sudden poverty entering their lives, because they have lost their jobs, etc. No we can't judge or measure people or their reactions (in the mentioned case people try to hide the harsh reality), better help them to not fall into depression ... by not abandoning them to themselves.

Love,
Margherita

easy1
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since 2010-05-22

Posts 1209
Southeastern USA

3 posted 2010-09-26 10:34 PM

...or by not deliberately further harming them whn the are down.

Face it, there are some rotten people out there nowadays: liars, thugs, damned fools in the long run. Some get their "sport" from horrible cruelties done or paid for upon innocent others.

Oh, well. *shakes head* Thanks, Kat & Margherita, for your comments - much appreciated.

Eusta B. Mae
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since 2010-05-03

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4 posted 2010-09-27 11:13 AM

Right to the heart of it! Well done. ebm

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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displaced

5 posted 2010-09-27 01:14 PM

good advice

nice concept

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