Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Poem: Shouting to be heard
On a box
Stands a boy
Who’s not a boy
But a man
On a box
Stands a man
Who’s not a man
But a people
On a box
Stands a people
Whose time to
Cry has come
On a box
Stands Haiti
Shouting out
To the world
On a box
Stands everyman
Will we let
Him be heard?
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Inspired by a contest prompt at AllPoetry.
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Your poem stabs right to the heart of matters, pleading to a sometimes deaf world.
ReplyDeleteSimplicity is strength and you echo pain so that trustfully, it can be heard, be heard, be heard . . .
ReplyDelete. . . all the more to be acted upon.
So glad you walked in AT THE BIJOU and I've got to enjoy your spirit and discover your writing the more. ~ Absolutely*Kate