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ecrivan
Member Elite

since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

0 posted 2001-12-21 01:23 AM

How do I cope with the kindred folk
pats on the back, for an ordinary bloke,
how do I contain my discord and dismay
when I see someone upstairs has set this foray.

He has let man to draw on cave walls of the hunt
then he wiped them away with a fall and a grunt;
he has given his servants chances to keep their flocks
the strong kept their strength until shears cut their locks.

He allowed us to migrate from the wilderness
to city squares
and took us to markets until tables would rest bare.
The women were given the task to keep hearth and homes
husbands crumbled to the earth while others sat on thrones.

Thrones were eventually vacated and offices changed
and man has, from the outback, a suit now attained;
constant struggles for recognition still remains
relentless searches for immortality still is our pain.

John Yaws
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 860
Texas

1 posted 2001-12-21 03:28 AM

Much to think about here. Not a light read at all.

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

2 posted 2001-12-21 04:15 AM

ecrivan,
your poem is thought provoking.
write on
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2001-12-21 08:50 AM

A good draw of thought across the centuries...not a light read at all, and more need to see it. Well done, Sir!

N orth Carolina Girl
Senior Member

since 2001-12-04

Posts 962
NC,USA

4 posted 2001-12-21 09:00 AM

Martin,you know my little mind can`t handle these thought provoking poems.Very well written!

Juanita

"always have a smile on your face it makes people wonder what you`re up to:

Madame Chipmunk
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

5 posted 2001-12-21 10:48 PM

Another history lesson, Martin,
You are really good at this!

I can just picture that caveman painting pictures on his wall while wearing his business suit.....such is the natural progression of time!

copyright2001 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

ecrivan
Member Elite

since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

6 posted 2001-12-21 11:15 PM

Keth,

Why let my old friends down
it's the demon in me and also the clown!:clap:

Lyra,

How about the many starched collars over Neaderthal throats out there in famous offices...oh, oh the radical in me is peeping through!

John,

kindly click in, you'll find many a thought
provoking poem under ecrivan..once in a while
I'll do 'light' ones.

Sunshine and Juanita,

Thanks for clicking in, Juanita just enjoying a routine display of written sarcasm
based on how thin civilization really is.

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