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Mike
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since 1999-06-19

Posts 2462

0 posted 2000-01-17 10:46 PM

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 or 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.

Ama Zhu Zhu
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since 2000-01-03

Posts 25
Taipei, Taiwan

1 posted 2000-01-17 10:48 PM

ouch!

azzhu

Meadowmuse
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since 1999-12-27

Posts 3263

2 posted 2000-01-17 11:03 PM

Mike, thank you.

Claire

catslair
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since 2000-01-16

Posts 48

3 posted 2000-01-17 11:13 PM

wow!! i really loved this......a very powerful statement you have made....and i particularily like the form you used.......it was very effective....thankyou..

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

4 posted 2000-01-17 11:54 PM

Powerful piece, Mike. And very well done. Thanks for reposting this one!

Denise

And slight is the sting of his trouble
Whose winnings are less than his worth;
For he who is honest is noble,
Whatever his fortunes or birth.~~~Alice Cary, ~Nobility~

Poet deVine

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since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

5 posted 2000-01-17 11:56 PM

Amen (had a hard time reading some of those words for they are banned from my house and heart)...good poem..

Echo Rhayne
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since 1999-09-17

Posts 1495
Canyon Country, CA

6 posted 2000-01-18 03:55 AM

I believe you have said it all!!

~*~ ^i^ ~*~ Love is such a lonely art, and death is but a taste. Minds are merely instruments that often go to waste! ~*~ ^i^ ~*~

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

7 posted 2000-01-19 12:45 PM

Wow...very powerful words that need to be said. And to think I almost missed this

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

8 posted 2000-01-19 12:51 PM

And you KNOW how much I appreciate this repost, Mike.
You've touched my heart !

LOVE-LOVE-LOVE-LOVE-LOVE-LOVE-LOVE-LOVE-LOVE-LOVE
'We shall overcome'

Love ya' ~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Nan

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since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

9 posted 2000-01-19 07:53 AM

An excellent poem... with a perfect title... Great work, Mike..

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

10 posted 2000-01-19 01:26 PM

Wow! Strong writing Mike.

SnglDad
Member

since 2000-01-08

Posts 115
Seattle area

11 posted 2000-01-19 05:49 PM

Very strong word`s and very well written.
Thanx for sharing and God Bless

Joel

SnglDad
Member

since 2000-01-08

Posts 115
Seattle area

12 posted 2000-01-19 05:50 PM

Very strong word`s and very well written.
Thanx for sharing and God Bless

Joel
oops, I some how posted this twice?
sorry

[This message has been edited by SnglDad (edited 01-19-2000).]

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