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Wake the Woke
It is always easy
to think that we could
do better than our parents,
until we are one.
It is always easy
to think that we would
be kinder than others were
without knowing their struggle.
It is always easy
to accept current propaganda
as certainty
until we have
identified with another culture.
It is always easy
to condemn our historical figures
with 20/20 vision
from the safe ...
Saturday 27th February 2021 6:39 pm
Ding! Dong!
Hello to this, for me, new universe of WOL. This poem was 'uninspired'. I was give the first line as a challenge to see if I could make a poem from it. Can there be good 'uninspired 'poetry?
Ding! Dong!
Who's that ringing my doorbell?
That ding-dong-dinging's hard to ignore.
Better get out of my shell.
Have they got nice stuff to sell?
Or are they collecting for the poor?
...Saturday 11th May 2019 3:48 pm
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