Grief
Neville said:



good grief is something of a misnomer a saying .. just saying ..

July 19th, 2023 08:11

Happening
Eugene S. said:

Interesting. It kinda (at first glance) eludes initially to the climate change religion, denies it, then ends as a justified traditional religious belief.? Even more interesting is that both said religions typically identify humanity as being at fault, yet they are so diametrically opposed to one another.

I agree that humanity is at fault! (Hopefully that doesn\'t come across as a cop out)

😁

July 18th, 2023 17:17

Happening
orchidee said:

Good write 2.

July 18th, 2023 11:10

Raceisinm
L. B. Mek said:

(forgive my lengthy rant below dear poet
just needed to get these words off of my chest
for a while now
thanks for inspiring me)
truth is
segregating a community
and insuring divisiveness thrives, is essential
in insuring, A select minority is capable
of herding, The downtrodden majority
and to do that, \'they\' break us apart
into pigeonhole identity\'s
fuel us with hate and point out
our supposed enemies, for us
tribal warfare
a never ending plague of our species
since we first realised we weren\'t
alone on this planet
millennium after millennium
entire tribes/cultures, nationalities
forced to escape
from one aggressor to safe-heaven remote wilderness lands
and then, that same community fractures
and the same cyclical story begins again
one aggressor tribe, making a defeated
flee for their lives;
even now in modernity
it\'s a tool, indoctrinated from childhood
to identify a heritage consisting
of regressive binary identities
as slaver or a slave, when
in actuality, all of human history
is engraved with acts of cruelty:
Arab nations raiding the British islands
enslaving anyone that lived too near
to the coast
Cervantes, one of the most iconic writer\'s in history
a slave, whose freedom had to be purchased
India\'s tainted crimes against the Sikhs
African\'s selling and buying slaves
before the Portuguese ever arrived
hence
we have an African Shogun in Japan
an Indian warrior king that was once a slave
and on, and on
till, even this very day, millions of \'modern\' slaves
are all being dehumanised
because of their supposed inferior race (weaker tribe)
by those profiteering from their free labour
but in the west, the narrative
is \'white\' equals racist slaver descendant
when that very reductive identity of \'white\'
can\'t even be qualified or quantified
are the Brit\'s, \'white\' what percentage?
which \'white\'?
that small island, enslaved
by three of Europe\'s conquerors
from Celtics, to Romans
to Vikings?
or the Americans, consisting
of those fleeing religious oppressions?
so yeah, Racism
is an ugly part of our society at all levels
and an act of perpetuated ignorance
that strives to imbue a generational hatred of each other, continuously
but assuming someone is racist by the pigment of their skin
is just as wrong, as assuming someone is inferior because they are a minority race in our community
let us, instead
judge each other by our actions, alone
not our pre-emptive assumptions
based on the prejudice
that\'s being thought to us
by those
who need us to stay divided
so they can wield their power
upon us
without fear of retribution..)

July 17th, 2023 02:59

Idols
John Prophet said:

For sure there are those who need to be taken down a peg or two!

July 16th, 2023 09:59

Raceisinm
Ok Waleed said:

Do you believe that people have a sense of morality without any teachings ?

July 15th, 2023 14:55

Raceisinm
orchidee said:

And - what is \'raceisinm\'? Typo?! Spell-checker dunno what it is. lol.

July 15th, 2023 11:25

Raceisinm
Bobby O said:

The word “they” leaves the poem hanging without a real point of view. Who is they ? And what are they specifically pushing?

July 15th, 2023 08:20

Ponder
orchidee said:

I put out a notice on me door: \'Do not disturb - pondering for 3 hours!\'

July 14th, 2023 08:37

Ponder
L. B. Mek said:

a lovely dream
hope its what awaits to greet you
when that bell toll rings, dear poet

July 14th, 2023 05:29

Lover call
L. B. Mek said:

there you go teasing us with that Poet
you work so hard to keep repressed
lol
thank you! a lovely read dear Poet
(i was just teasing no offense intended)

July 14th, 2023 04:58

Spreading the good news
2781 said:

After I wrote this I realised it sounded like a rant against the church.
I was thinking more broadly, but hey, it\'s open to interpretation!

July 12th, 2023 15:58

Spreading the good news
orchidee said:

At a church, one forgot to bring cash - for the offertory - they booted him out! (did they, or did I make that up?)
What\'s true is that some places pass round TWO collection \'hats\' in the same service! Doh!

July 12th, 2023 10:45

I am not
Garth Rakumakoe said:

Nice one! - it\'s got sass!

July 11th, 2023 08:50

Made
Teddy.15 said:

Extremely powerful. X

July 10th, 2023 10:41