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The End

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Since nobody can get along
Since everything is going wrong
Since hatred has been here too long.
Blow it all up!  Fortune favors the strong.

 

Hey, mom!  Look what we can do!
All life on earth will soon be through.
The end of it all; the end of me and you.
It will no longer matter what’s false or true. 

We are such an irrational breed
Causing each other such pain and need. 
Foolish pride makes bloodshed guaranteed 
As we perish at the altar of power and greed.

Strange, it seems like just last night
When some genius invented dynamite
Now the whole world lives in awful fright
Of little men with dreams of endless might.


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Well, here we go again.  

Today's headline -
"Iran Defiant Ahead of Nuclear Deadline; U.S. Says Time To Act"

news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060427/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics_060427223554;_ylt=Avx9frCquPlW5ohB4ZT687JSw60A;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Written April 27th, 2006

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  • AusStar gold member
    May 29
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    Oh Good Grief!!! It isn't' that bad, really it isn't... is it???


    • Mark Rickerby gold member
      May 29
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      AusStar,

      Yes, it is!

      Mark

      • AusStar gold member
        May 29

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        Well its not that bad here, I'm starting to rethink my trip to US... Yikes!! Or maybe you and Claudia should come and visit here.

        • Mark Rickerby gold member
          May 29
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          Would love to! Australia is #1 on my list of places to see, actually. I'd love to go to Steve Irwin's zoo and hunt for unusual (to me) creatures in the outback.
  • DestinyFate
    September 4, 2007
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    You said it all in a fewshort lines.
    Tonya Turner


  • Mark Rickerby gold member
    June 16, 2006
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    Hi David,

    I actually went for a different meter with this one. Each line of each stanza growing by one or two syllables. Not sure if it worked or not. Oh well.

    Re. the nuclear issue, I agree. After the ridiculous arms build-up during the Cold War, America is the last one to wag fingers. However, there are many who believe it was U.S. strength that hastened the collapse of the Soviet Union. Also, countries that make open threats against their neighbors and are not considered "civilized" by the U.N. need to be controlled by the world community somehow. A zookeeper in charge of a monkey exhibit wouldn't hand a loaded assault rifle to the craziest monkey in the cage.

    If you want a reminder of my taking a close look at America, check out my poem On the Side of the Road, an anti-irresponsible weapons proliferation poem. I'm not as blindly patriotic as many seem to think around here. I just don't shit on America at every opportunity while ignoring the good. I grew up with the good stuff, and good Americans, so I'm well acquainted with it and them, but I'm sad to report that both are rapidly diminishing due to anti-American liberals, who are as loud as they are stupid.

  • dp robertson
    May 1, 2006
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    Interesting- again it seems like a good swipe at others without a really close look at one's own country and the appalling behaviour and nuclear mania.

    david

    ps just for the purists, maybe you would like to check the meter of that piece

  • Mark Rickerby gold member
    April 28, 2006
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    Inkwell,

    I was referring to their "big brothers", too. "Little" refers to all men who put power above peace.

    Thanks,

    Mark

  • Mark Rickerby gold member
    April 28, 2006
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    LadyJayne,

    Great suggestion. Thanks!

    Mark
  • Yvette Champ
    April 28, 2006
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    Dear Mark, wondered if you had considered "as we perish" instead of "and we perish?" A well written poetic write that reveals just how far and how low we have become despite not only the invention of dynamite but all the amazing inventions which mankind could and should be using to heal yet opts to fight.What is mankind fighting for?The freedom to fight? Well done,love and light,Yvette ( PS Have managed to summarize for a change!!!)

  • Shancy Fayre
    April 28, 2006
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    I couldn't have said it better myself (well, maybe)LOL Just kidding. This is a very serious issue. It is inevitable. I know that. And you are so right, one little man wanting all of the power. Great write.

  • masterblaster gold member
    April 28, 2006
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    Hi, yep, good one, but do not worry, Apophis will do the job in 39 if they don't find a way to blow it up or deflect it,lol, we are a cheerful lot, great,loved it, hugs Di
  • hislittleannie
    April 28, 2006
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    Excellent write. Raw emotion. But I hate to be the bearer of bad news but man kind has never lived in peace since the beging of time. I mean Cain slew his on brother Abel. However, I do agree with you human greed has taken us to a whole new level of disaccord. I pray that we will soon bring our troops home and that we are not involved in another war for a long time.
  • hislittleannie
    April 28, 2006
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    Excellent write. Raw emotion. But I hate to be the bearer of bad news but man kind has never lived in peace since the beging of time. I mean Cain slew his on brother Abel. However, I do agree with you human greed has taken us to a whole new level of disaccord. I pray that we will soon bring our troops home and that we are not involved in another war for a long time.

  • JeannieD Hunter gold member
    April 28, 2006
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    Well said.
    Well written.
    Bravo.
    It is good we are able to speak our minds.
    Great poem.
    Jeannie

  • Wonders How U Feel
    April 28, 2006
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    phenominal

    you should give yourself a pat on the back for this poem. this is amazing. i can see images of the world ending and i can feel your emotions. you are phenominal with the rhyming plus everythings flowed together so smoothly. great job

  • ArtFullyMe gold member
    April 28, 2006
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    I'm not sure I'd limit the ability to maim each other or the fear of that happening to the timeline of dynamite.. we've been erasing each other since we realised we had the capacity and the inclination to do so.

    I do love the irrational breed line.. as indeed it would seem that we all are, even those who have the coolest heads find them heated at times.

    as for the headlines.. no comment on those..

  • lencio-sunchild gold member
    April 28, 2006
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    So much has been said about it all, and I hope all this doesnt go to waste. Your third verse is all that we need to ring in our hearts. Thanks for writing and sharing this very timely write.

    Love and light,
    Lencio

  • Ink Shadow
    April 28, 2006
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    Of little men with dreams of endless might. << what about their big brothers? I liked some parts of it, but cannot agree with the last few lines. Besides those line ends look to be rhyme driven.

    D

  • greeneyedmuse
    April 28, 2006
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    ::stands up and claps::
    amen to this piece. i completly agree with this interpatation of humans as they are today. some of us really need to get our heads checked out.

  • fool no1
    April 28, 2006
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    You've said it all in this brilliant write Mark. The first stanza pulled me right into the whole thing. Isn't it sad that still we ignore all the warnings and still we haven't evolved enough to find world peace....excellent ...mal

  • poetryality silver member
    April 28, 2006
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    This is morbid but honestly, it is too true. Makes me kinda sad to know that eventually we will blow one another to smithereens. I truly hope I'm already outtie before that great last blast occurs. I like the rhymes. Each stanza in its own mono-rhyme. My heart kinda aches after reading the article. Good job my friend, sadly brilliant!

    Renee

  • La Tua Cantante
    April 27, 2006
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    True. Excellent, keep up the good work.

  • earth child
    April 27, 2006
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    so very tru and i love the way it flows

  • Cupcrazy gold member
    April 27, 2006
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    Wonderful piece or writing with such truth expressed int he words. loved the feel and flow but especially how thought provoking and real this write was. Excellent piece. Bunny

  • Tre Brown 3000
    April 27, 2006
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    Brav tha fuck o my friend! That was more amazing than anything i have ever seen or read! And the Atomic Bomb explosion was even more better when u jus added up to tha poem! I can say that i was jus thrilled to read this it made so much sense! I mean I am estatic jus readin this i gotta read this once, twice maybe 20 more times cause i dont know how to show gradituted to you writing this poem! Looks like i picked tha right one to read today!

  • deercatcher
    April 27, 2006
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    Where did you get this pickture of my seventh grade science expirament gone bad? He told me I bought all the copies!

  • One Eunique Pixie
    April 27, 2006
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    Awesome

    This poem brings up a lot of emotion and heart felt sentiment. A lot to think about from this one. Great Job!-----totally agree. Thanks for an interesting read!

  • H4rd Kisses
    April 27, 2006
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    yay!

    This poem brings up a lot of emotion and heart felt sentiment. A lot to think about from this one. Great Job!

  • Mark Rickerby gold member
    April 27, 2006
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    Rhymie

    There is great irony in that remark, since your name is "Rhymie". lol Too funny. Re. the poem, I didn't feel "inhibited" when I was writing it. I always feel that making a poem and rhyming is stronger than making one while writing a poem that looks like someone threw up a bad paragraph. Thanks for your thoughts, though. Glad you liked it, anyway.

    Mark

  • Mark Rickerby gold member
    April 27, 2006
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    Dear Rebel,

    Huh?

    Mark

  • Elvis
    April 27, 2006
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    This is good but I think you could have made it amazing if you weren't trying to rhyme, which is amazing coming from a rhyme-lover like me. I just think you wouldn't have been so inhibited if you weren't concerned with the rhyme. I think you did a great job though.

  • Rebel Rebel
    April 27, 2006
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    Deny No Might.

    When I finally found out that I was not going to hack into the Pentagon and get the launch codes and send up a bird. I decided to come here to Allpoetry.com and write a word. Or two. Or maybe three. Firecrackers. Sparklers. Bottle Rockets.

    Somewhere in an anthill there is an apt ant storing his food away for Winter and contemplating our demise. He is very crafty and very intelligent. The Big Uncle Ant...is watching us. He is small enough to have atoms as playmates. Makes you wonder where Atom Ant got his name. Party on. Ya got a bit of time left. He only acquired a bit of uranium from the locusts today.

  • RMBramwell
    April 27, 2006
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    Extraordinary!

    This is so beautiful, and so true! If only people could see what they do. Someday we're all going to look back on this and wonder how we could have been so evil. I just hope that day will come soon. What our own country has done to other people... how can we ask God to bless us?

  • angel-lover
    April 27, 2006
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    excellent

    I agree with your every word,I no longer watch television or read papers for it's all become to painful,my family has lost loved ones I'm so sick of blood shed like most people,its all gone too far,so I dont know what is happening but we all know i guess its a never ending murder thats how i see it,thank-you so much for writing this and sharing,a brilliant honest poem.

  • I Is Cat
    April 27, 2006
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    i like this. a very nice write. good job.

  • Avatar of Innocence
    April 27, 2006
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    Good lord do you present such a quick and somewhat sensible solution to the problem. If there was no one to cause grief and strife, then there would be none of them to haunt the world.

  • PoetrysAngel2041
    April 27, 2006
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    The words you've written here are positvely true, 100% true indeed. This world is run on greed, the people in it thinking that weapons and bombs are the only way to get what they want. What our children see on T.V is enough to make them believe that this is true, when it is not at all what we want them to believe. Quite the moving piece you have written here.

  • dutch2lips
    April 27, 2006
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    oh yes, great poem and a very strong message, wake up world!!!, thank you so much for sharing

  • Mark Rickerby gold member
    April 27, 2006
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    Hey!

    Nice to hear from you. It was "inspired" (for lack of a better word - lol) by the nuclear showdown with Iran right now. Tomorrow is the U.N. imposed deadline for Iran to abandon its enrichment program. The President of Iran has stated that Israel should be annihilated and is threatening to attack the U.S. and share nuclear technology with other unstable countries if we or anyone else intervenes in their nuclear program. Nice, huh?

    The "great" word was reserved for the minds that invented dynamite, originally for peaceful purposes (mine blasting) until smaller minds realized they could use it to kill. Same with the splitting of the atom, which is why Oppenheimer said, "I am become death - the destroyer of worlds" when contemplating the atom bomb he built.

    Things are heating up. I don't know how we're going to fix the Middle East crisis. So much deeply rooted hatred. Maybe we should take every newborn child for about twenty years, raise them on Happy Island, don't tell them anything about the world, let the hateful old people die off, then bring them back and repopulate the place. I think that's the only cure. The only other cure for hatred is blowing up the planet, and sometimes it seems like that's the direction we're heading.

    On that note, have a nice weekend! (Just call me Mr. Cheerful) haha

    Mark

  • heismysong silver member
    April 27, 2006
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    Awesome write

    Wow- aside from a possibly bad day at work, what inspired this one???

    I liked the rhyming format in this write- I believe it's a step above your usual. It gives each stanza a very nice cadence.

    "The End"- Now THERE'S a can of worms! lol

    I don't think great men really seek power- I think they seek people.

    Awesome poem, Mark.

  • Heather Kelley
    April 27, 2006
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    Hey this is a nice write its really true lol I like it, it flows very well.keep up all the good work well g2g
    ~Heather
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