Silent Siren
Category: Current Events
by — Posted May 06, 2010they've never been so des'prate as the current hour.
While faults so plague the system under which we cower,
the silent siren's irony our judge and bar.
What witness can we call to our defense today?
What brilliance disillusion'd not still sucks our breast?
Of course we cannot call upon the dispossess'd.
Whole nations, turn'd to capital, their men we flay.
O could there be a spirit left within such men?
some reason for to fight, some sword in sun to glean.
a kind of will not seen since nineteen-seventeen,
a brave new world to birthe, o'er mountain, and through glen?
Alas this cannot come to pass, the earth to save.
The billions that denied have been the rights of men,
those people disunited cannot hold a pen!
Nor cleanse the earth of money, power, fear, deprav'd.
Of all the days which men of earth have known thus far,
they've never been so des'prate as the current hour.
While faults so plague the system under which we cower,
the silent siren's irony our judge and bar.
| Copyright © kuril888, 05/06/2010 |
Author's Comments:
Social Commentary.You just can't please everybody, in this I lament on that fact, and a few others. Some contraversial, some not, and some just misunderstood.
Iambic Hexameter, ABBA
Comments by: BJ
The silent scream is a signal that the earth is in huge trouble. There is no simple solution to its problems. No one wants to tie it all together and try. Your thoughts are true. BJ
The silent scream is a signal that the earth is in huge trouble. There is no simple solution to its problems. No one wants to tie it all together and try. Your thoughts are true. BJ
Comments by: LadyFair
Interesting and impressive poetic work in title,
form, theme, emotional value and word choices.
Liked the phrases,
"Of all the days which men of earth have known thus far,
they've never been so desprate as the current hour".
Greed and the Struggle for Power never wins and History
has proven these Systems of Evil Men always Fall!!!
Enjoyed the reading,
LadyFair/Bev
Interesting and impressive poetic work in title,
form, theme, emotional value and word choices.
Liked the phrases,
"Of all the days which men of earth have known thus far,
they've never been so desprate as the current hour".
Greed and the Struggle for Power never wins and History
has proven these Systems of Evil Men always Fall!!!
Enjoyed the reading,
LadyFair/Bev
Comments by: udallsc
It begins to look like a factory, whose safety devices have malfunctioned, whose warning mechanisms no longer work and the community sleeps through the night without knowing their danger. We can't please everyone and those greedy few who hold the power insist on being the ones who are pleased at the expense of all else. Great job. --Stan
Author's Response: thanks
It begins to look like a factory, whose safety devices have malfunctioned, whose warning mechanisms no longer work and the community sleeps through the night without knowing their danger. We can't please everyone and those greedy few who hold the power insist on being the ones who are pleased at the expense of all else. Great job. --Stan
Author's Response: thanks
Comments by: cobaltcat09
Tom, I enjoyed this one very much. What a great commentary on our world today. Keep up the good work.
~~Beth
Tom, I enjoyed this one very much. What a great commentary on our world today. Keep up the good work.
~~Beth
Comments by: martin
Thomas, you should be very proud of yourself. This is unparalled and would not take much more to make it a perfect poem. Bravo!
A timely and strong theme. Clarity of social need. All stanzas are exceptional but the last stanza is a fantastic summary of mankind's history. martin
Comments by: Golfshe
I like this format very much. I like your intelligent thinking in this poem, too. I agree, it remains our government and our country, right or wrong. Humans are a weird and unique lot, never really know what they are up to or thinking. Many facets there! Excellent, in fact, unparalleled! Sheri
I like this format very much. I like your intelligent thinking in this poem, too. I agree, it remains our government and our country, right or wrong. Humans are a weird and unique lot, never really know what they are up to or thinking. Many facets there! Excellent, in fact, unparalleled! Sheri