what poetry can be found
in the eyes of an abused child
or the mutilated body
of a bomb blast victim?
what poetry can be found
in a drug addict’s veins
or the scars and bruises
on a beaten woman’s skin?
what poetry can be found
on the empty plates of the poor
or in the dried up rivers
where water once flowed?
what poetry can be found
in the minds of the mad
or the trafficked soul
of a once proud nation?
what poetry can be found
in the terrorist’s ideology
or the promises of politicians
who lie and deny?
what poetry can be found
on a dying planet
or in the plastic filled guts
of beached whales?
what poetry can be found
in the closed ranks of men
or the narcissistic poets
seeking likes and affirmation?
what poetry can be found
when the pen runs dry
or the heart stops beating
with the essence of love?
Brilliant — especially how you end it!
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thanks Kim – I thought at one point the poem might go on forever as I was struggling to find an appropriate ending. Glad you liked it 🙂
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I’ve often got a snappy ending, it’s the title and the middle that I can struggle with.
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I think I struggle more with the endings. Sometimes I think what the heck I’ll just finish it with a zombie bloodbath!
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😀
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Reblogged this on The Cheesesellers Wife and commented:
Great poem from Colin:
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Thanks for the reblog Kim – readers please check out Kim’s wonderful blog 🙂
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Great job, this!
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Thanks Kunal 🙂
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Sadly, I think those are the exact places where poetry, at its rawest form, exists. When there are not sufficient words to convey in prose the overwhelming emotion and pain- poetry forms.
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you may well be right there VJ.
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this is not to discredit your poem – it was well done.
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thank you 🙂 I don’t always believe wholeheartedly everything I write and this one was definitely up for discussion so I appreciated hearing your thoughts. As always 😉
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