A
Bitch of a
Culture we have to
Deal with
Everyday the same
Fear. Young kids
Giving their life,
Having
Inexperienced it
Just yet. The government
Keeps
Lying, to later tell our
Mothers they will
Never
Open their eyes to their children again.
Proving what point of patriotism?
Quiet whispers,
Rumors here and there.
Savages is what we really are!
Truly
United, are we?!
We will fall divided?! Sometimes we give more thought to
Xenophobias than to making greater peace!
Yet we are expected to be
Zealous of true freedom?!
Author notes
I like ABC poems and this just came to me...
A contest entry
- Nationalism by unknownpleasure.
401 points, ended June 3, 2007, 8 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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Remarkable!
This is something I can't do.
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i really like that you choose to write about this. thanx. i'll be reading more of your poems. great wrok=)
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The truth is loud in this write. It is a bitch of a culture we live in. I enjoyed your take on this very much! Thanks for sharing!
Blessed be,
Azlyn
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Unfortunately, I don't like ABC poems, or anything which makes it seem as if either words or form have been forced.
Is there any reason why the lines break where they do, other than to start the next with the correct letter? See letter U - that's really botched wording to fit a form. Is it Yoda speaking? Can you be zealous of something?
I can see how having the opportunity to use a capital 'X' might have inspired this. For many there is a clear link between xenophobia and nationalism - natural partners - the ideology of exclusion and the ideology of belonging.
Sorry, this didn't do it for me...
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