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We’ll Never Learn

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 We’ll Never Learn

 

In arrogance your lips are curled, you stand here in the street.
The greatest nations of the world have fallen at your feet.
The Roman noblemen have hurled the richest food they eat.
A call to arms with flags unfurled is never indiscreet.

Misguided kings and presidents have taken things too far,
Their treaties and their documents are served with caviar.
You’ve witnessed all the battlements from here to lands afar
And listened to the arguments in toga like peignoir.

With tattered toga, absent arms, I don’t know how you cope.
You’re standing here with all your charms and listen to the Pope.
You watch the men with firearms while children turn to dope.
And just like man you hear alarms and never interlope.

 

 

 

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Penned in extralongameter in honor of the world’s greatest living poet, Jeff Green.

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  • Topnotchsy
    August 24

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    Hmmm...my dictionary does not seem to have the word "extralongameter" for some reason I am a big fan of 14 syllable lines using Iambic Pentameter (I think Jeff called it Iambic Heptameter.

    I love the perspective used in delivering this piece!!


    • Amera gold member
      August 24
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      LOL, it's a word I coined!

      • Topnotchsy
        August 24
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        I may have to write it in my dictionary myself, but it deserves to be in there.


  • Ellis gold member
    July 20

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    Good, Important Messages

    Human nature needs improvement. This poem does not! I believe the USA now has one of the best leaders we here have ever had. I like aaaa rhyme.

    I think YOU are the world's greatest living poet, not Jeff Green though he is great.


  • awannabepoet
    July 8

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    I too have seen this name and most properly commented on a piece or two from his pen, yet the battle here resides in the words you did write.

    For what is a King if not a fight in him there should be, for the great nations of the past lived on the back of those they so devoured as to leave nothing behind not even a single seed in the grainery.

    I so wish there were an end to human strife, there would be no need to see all those young faces carrying AK's and lord knows what other machines of death.

    Were we to share but one human trait for all of humanity, could it be but to have the love in our hearts spread across the wide expanse of the human spectrum.

    I like it, I like it so!


  • Peteskid gold member
    July 8

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    ahh yes... Jeff is Cricket, fair and gentle this man, a peerless enthusiast for rhyme; true as the fine green lawns, proper as the white slacks and top that define a sense of leisure...doing something that we simply love...yes, cricket...this Jeff...PK


  • melphleg gold member
    July 5
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    Yes, we'll never learn.


  • C.I.M.A Punk
    July 4

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    The meter, (internal) rhyme and flow are excellent and the content was good and made me think.

    In fact, this is one of those poems I wish I wrote: a good message with great rhymes in meter.

    A most excellent write!


  • Desire gold member
    July 2

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    Wow~

    Ooooooooh this is Brilliant~

    Adore the word: extralongameter
    This is Precious~ and Gosh he pens and the ink spills- people bow
    what more can one ask for
    Another one to Love
    YOU GO JEFF
    Thank You for sharing Your Talent
    Best wishes in all You do
    with love & light~ Desire~*~


  • JinSays gold member
    July 2

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    wonderful. he's an incredible poet, yes. greatest living? oh how did he ever come back to earth after you said that? lol. Im kidding. Jeff's won many of my contests-so I guess I'll grudgingly agree.
    love,
    jin


  • Not-The-Sun
    July 1
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    loved it so fun, sarcastic, sincere.


  • Sabindi
    July 1
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    Extrodianary

    Splendidly penned and a really great read


  • HisDirtyLiLPoet
    June 30

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    A fun piece indeed... a real treat to read. It's good to see my friends on here writing in a charitable manner in a style that lets their souls shine through thier work! Thank you.

    ~Kristin~


  • azure85 gold member
    June 29

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    Oh, this is a cool poem about the statue! This is a witty lampoon that even those stone ears can hear!

  • ea silver member
    June 29

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    ah, that arrogant Mr. Green and his curled lip; very cute and well, executed - I'm sure he got a big kick out of being pasquinaded in a peignoir while listening to the Pope. There are some funny & fun elements in this light-hearted lampoon.


  • just mercedes gold member
    June 29

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    Oh my. Satire or sarcasm - I'm never sure which blade is which...great penning here, extralongmeter and all!


  • Sue Cardwell gold member
    June 29

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    Amera doing a Jeff, now this was a real pleasure to read and I so totally agree with the sentiment ... if only they would listen to us!

    All the best,

    Love,
    Sue


  • Ariosto II. gold member
    June 29

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    If we don't know history we are bound to repeat its mistakes and history in the modern age is a dead subject. Our kids are taught esoteric forms of mathematics which the vast majority will never use, but no history to speak of

    none at all

    In this country at least, the concept of educating a child has become as skewed as a aside show freak.


    thanks for reminding me


  • Mairi bheag gold member
    June 29
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    Now that's what I call extralongameter! You don't do things by halves, sis.


  • blueyez
    June 29

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    I've not read this form before! I like it and you penn anything amazingly


    • Amera gold member
      June 29
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      It's really called Heptameter, I just kid Jeff about the "extralongameter" *smile*


  • pranj
    June 28

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    Both the idea and the extralongmetre are awesome!
    Heard it first time actually, (why be shy to show my ignorance?)
    But, the poem is just superb, as usual!!


  • Pure Thought silver member
    June 28

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    Such a well constructed poem deserves better than three applause beings and a "wow this was good". So see below...lol you really didn't thin I could critique like that did you?

    I think the only way to get these damn men to listen is to put a breast to their lips. Then say, "This is the last you will EVER get if you don't quit screwing up the world."

    Better yet, just take over ladies. We men have had more than enough time to get it right, and we only move further away.

    See what you stirred up???
    Well done.


  • Andre ben-YEHU
    June 28

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    Wise-Wonderful-Profound...


    Septenarius verses... could be what the requirement states, "Penned in extralongameter", or it may be better qualifying as Heptameter? Also familiarly known as Fourteener?

    I will take this great composition "We’ll Never Learn" as Heptameter; certainly one that Poet George Gordon Byron, (Lord Byron) would clap his poetic hands to.

    I always thought of Poetry as art and science, and throughtout this poem I followed art and knowledge mingling to give form to "We’ll Never Learn".

    Impressive rhyme on secand stanza:
    "caviar/peignoir"/kv-är/pn-wär
    One can always learn from the magical pen of Poet Amera. To visit this site is indeed an attendance to a poetic banquet.

    In the Castle Poetry "We’ll Never Learn" will be celebrated throughout many generations and millennia to come.

    In admiration,

    Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU

    • Amera gold member
      June 28
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      Thank you for your wonderful comment. Its poets like you who make writing such a pleasure. Your comments in themselves are poetic.


  • JohnnyD gold member
    June 28

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    Hmmnnnnn,very nice pretty Cubbie of mine

    I think I'll do one of the Obama Administration and current economic conditions and entitle it; "we'll Never Earn."


    love ya

    remember to circle 9 times in the grass before laying down?

    Dad


  • DesolatELifE
    June 28

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    Extralongameter.. I suppose anything much longer would be too long? I think 16 syllables is nice sometimes, but I've never read anything longer.

    Lovely and excellent poem, though that goes without saying. I always learn from you. Even in a poem like this, where the form is quite familiar, there are a few strange looking words that I need to look up.
    Toga and peignoir. I think I'd heard of toga before, probably in some film, but not peignoir. Now, though I'm likely to forget the words if I ever need to use them, I'll know what they mean next time I see them. Thanks.


  • Rovingone gold member
    June 28
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    So very true. And, as always the structure and flow are perfection.


  • Myth Of Twilight
    June 28

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    beautiful work with uch fallin hope great work this peace got to me quite beautiful work great work and i hope to read more soon

    ~White Angel Kigi~

  • Purrsanthema
    June 28

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    What a beautiful idea for a pasquinade! how wonderfully you turn the whole poem around in the last line!


  • Black Narcissus gold member
    June 28
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    The flow and rhythm are simply breathtaking.
    Beautifully written.


  • PerVirtuous
    June 28
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    That's some incredible sarcasm!


  • Emmyb gold member
    June 28
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    forgot to clap again I do that every time

  • Emmyb gold member
    June 28

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    a pleasing read and I see jeff is pleased I dont understand the theory behind the poem however Im sure if I did, Id be wowed by your talent. you form poems very well - and this is just an example of the multi-coloured work you can achieve.

  • cricketjeff gold member
    June 28

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    I shall restrict my self to commenting on the wonderful meter clever quad rhyming and superb content. I shall leave others to remark on the AN!!!

    Thank you Amera, I am deeply honoured.

  • Papagallo
    June 28
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    Well Amera, Another well-done.


  • Cup-a-Joe
    June 28

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    You excell in all forms, but I love your rhyme and free verse.

    Joe

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