Notice of absence from Doggerel Dave
Not absent - still here!
Keep Calm and Carry On Poeming. 😂
Not absent - still here!
Keep Calm and Carry On Poeming. 😂
"Nothing About Us Without Us” – that line
New to me, sums up all we know and see:
Decisions from a sham democracy
Limit our rights then with red tape define.
More power, a voice for all, we agree;
History which covers six centuries
Calls for ownership of our destinies,
The right to consultation is our plea.
No unfair judgments made: please hear the call -
We demand a future; do not prevent.
Rioting can result from discontent
When decrees include a justice shortfall
As those without resources to appeal
Are outbid by the wealthy with a deal.
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Author:
Doggerel Dave (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: August 1st, 2021 06:25
- Comment from author about the poem: Sonnet form – Loosely Petrachian (Rhymes for the first two quatrains don’t align, but should) with a slightly Shakespearean ‘turn’ and finale. Sorry – no ‘love’ was lost or found in the making of this sonnet. (Wailing and gnashing of teeth from the audience?).
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Comments4
More? -see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_About_Us_Without_Us
Plus Google that same line
Good write, Dave.
Thanks Jerry.
that line has always been there .. some are forever searching for it, while others more inadvertently stumble upon it ... am glad it has finally been given a name ...
a great shout out sir Dave ...
Neville
Abso-bloody-lutely - whoever built that line was a poet supremo. That need is well served.
Thanks Neville.
Here here, I agree such frustration from the present system yet what other works any better. "There's the rub"
Don't have to look to another totally different system, Soren.
Analogy: Two cars - one, an old banger, punctured tyres leaking radiator; other, sleek smooth running piece of mechanical art.
Both cars...
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