A Poem in place of an angry rant!
I've been working on this poem for a week. In light of today's second impeachment of a U.S. President ever, with my feelings of having been trampled under foot by a mob of insurrectionists and my head both feeling like it is going to explode or implode, I believe poetry is my only recourse😡🤬🤯 What If . . . What if we changed our thinking? Seems to me it has been stinking— Thinking, that is! And what if we transformed our vocabulary? Maybe a little less military? Hey! I just had one, A thought, I mean—check it out! Is it odiferous? Let’s eliminate all “isms” That might mitigate current schisms, See life through myriad prisms, Instead of only black and white Or absolutes: “You’re wrong! I’m right!” Capital’s essential, you know, For entrepreneurs and commerce flow. But adding “ism” always starts a fight: Smith or Keynes, Marx or Malthus; Each an ism in its own right. Being social’s a healthy attitude, Even communal, although a platitude. But tack on that suffix, we become bellicose, We can’t see our neighbor, at least not up close. My fellow Americans, sans ism, Be a patriot, proud of our national rhythm Don’t you think it’s off track? How to ever get it back? Let’s be fans—not fanatics And honor our heroes While shunning the ones who lead us astray. No need to name them; we know by their actions: “By their fruits you shall know them.” Eliminate factions. A new thought—a new verbiage, a better way!
Great poetry, Milan — thank you! Nancy Trask On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 6:53 PM Milan Hamilton via OE < oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
I've been working on this poem for a week. In light of today's second impeachment of a U.S. President ever, with my feelings of having been trampled under foot by a mob of insurrectionists and my head both feeling like it is going to explode or implode, I believe poetry is my only recourse 😡🤬🤯
*What If . . .*
What if we changed our thinking?
Seems to me it has been stinking—
Thinking, that is!
And what if we transformed our vocabulary?
Maybe a little less military?
Hey! I just had one,
A thought, I mean—check it out!
Is it odiferous?
Let’s eliminate all “isms”
That might mitigate current schisms,
See life through myriad prisms,
Instead of only black and white
Or absolutes: “You’re wrong! I’m right!”
Capital’s essential, you know,
For entrepreneurs and commerce flow.
But adding “ism” always starts a fight:
Smith or Keynes, Marx or Malthus;
Each an ism in its own right.
Being social’s a healthy attitude,
Even communal, although a platitude.
But tack on that suffix, we become bellicose,
We can’t see our neighbor, at least not up close.
My fellow Americans, sans ism,
Be a patriot, proud of our national rhythm
Don’t you think it’s off track?
How to ever get it back?
Let’s be fans—not fanatics
And honor our heroes
While shunning the ones who lead us astray.
No need to name them; we know by their actions:
“By their fruits you shall know them.” Eliminate factions.
A new thought—a new verbiage, a better way!
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This is great. If only I could tell who ‘I’ is. There is so much value in adding a signature to posts. It helps me keep from getting lost. Everything is currently being ascribed to ‘Herman F Greene’. Wesson E Gaige wesgaige@mac.com <mailto:wesgaige@mac.com>
On Jan 13, 2021, at 16:25, Milan Hamilton via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
I've been working on this poem for a week. In light of today's second impeachment of a U.S. President ever, with my feelings of having been trampled under foot by a mob of insurrectionists and my head both feeling like it is going to explode or implode, I believe poetry is my only recourse😡🤬🤯
What If . . . What if we changed our thinking? Seems to me it has been stinking— Thinking, that is! And what if we transformed our vocabulary? Maybe a little less military?
Hey! I just had one, A thought, I mean—check it out! Is it odiferous?
Let’s eliminate all “isms” That might mitigate current schisms, See life through myriad prisms, Instead of only black and white Or absolutes: “You’re wrong! I’m right!”
Capital’s essential, you know, For entrepreneurs and commerce flow. But adding “ism” always starts a fight: Smith or Keynes, Marx or Malthus; Each an ism in its own right.
Being social’s a healthy attitude, Even communal, although a platitude. But tack on that suffix, we become bellicose, We can’t see our neighbor, at least not up close.
My fellow Americans, sans ism, Be a patriot, proud of our national rhythm Don’t you think it’s off track? How to ever get it back?
Let’s be fans—not fanatics And honor our heroes While shunning the ones who lead us astray. No need to name them; we know by their actions: “By their fruits you shall know them.” Eliminate factions. A new thought—a new verbiage, a better way!
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VERY GOOD M. ❤
On Jan 14, 2021, at 1:14 AM, Wesson Gaige via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
This is great. If only I could tell who ‘I’ is. There is so much value in adding a signature to posts. It helps me keep from getting lost. Everything is currently being ascribed to ‘Herman F Greene’.
Wesson E Gaige wesgaige@mac.com <mailto:wesgaige@mac.com>
On Jan 13, 2021, at 16:25, Milan Hamilton via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
I've been working on this poem for a week. In light of today's second impeachment of a U.S. President ever, with my feelings of having been trampled under foot by a mob of insurrectionists and my head both feeling like it is going to explode or implode, I believe poetry is my only recourse😡🤬🤯
What If . . . What if we changed our thinking? Seems to me it has been stinking— Thinking, that is! And what if we transformed our vocabulary? Maybe a little less military?
Hey! I just had one, A thought, I mean—check it out! Is it odiferous?
Let’s eliminate all “isms” That might mitigate current schisms, See life through myriad prisms, Instead of only black and white Or absolutes: “You’re wrong! I’m right!”
Capital’s essential, you know, For entrepreneurs and commerce flow. But adding “ism” always starts a fight: Smith or Keynes, Marx or Malthus; Each an ism in its own right.
Being social’s a healthy attitude, Even communal, although a platitude. But tack on that suffix, we become bellicose, We can’t see our neighbor, at least not up close.
My fellow Americans, sans ism, Be a patriot, proud of our national rhythm Don’t you think it’s off track? How to ever get it back?
Let’s be fans—not fanatics And honor our heroes While shunning the ones who lead us astray. No need to name them; we know by their actions: “By their fruits you shall know them.” Eliminate factions. A new thought—a new verbiage, a better way!
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Sorry I usually try to remember adding that because I have the same issue identifying who is writing in these long strings.😳 Milan Hamilton Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 14, 2021, at 7:33 AM, Frank Knutson via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
VERY GOOD M. <2e6088719218600d9fdbd2d1cb00b6c6.gif> <VIKING copy.jpeg> ❤ <PastedGraphic-2.pdf>
On Jan 14, 2021, at 1:14 AM, Wesson Gaige via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
This is great. If only I could tell who ‘I’ is. There is so much value in adding a signature to posts. It helps me keep from getting lost. Everything is currently being ascribed to ‘Herman F Greene’.
Wesson E Gaige wesgaige@mac.com
On Jan 13, 2021, at 16:25, Milan Hamilton via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
I've been working on this poem for a week. In light of today's second impeachment of a U.S. President ever, with my feelings of having been trampled under foot by a mob of insurrectionists and my head both feeling like it is going to explode or implode, I believe poetry is my only recourse😡🤬🤯
What If . . . What if we changed our thinking? Seems to me it has been stinking— Thinking, that is! And what if we transformed our vocabulary? Maybe a little less military?
Hey! I just had one, A thought, I mean—check it out! Is it odiferous?
Let’s eliminate all “isms” That might mitigate current schisms, See life through myriad prisms, Instead of only black and white Or absolutes: “You’re wrong! I’m right!”
Capital’s essential, you know, For entrepreneurs and commerce flow. But adding “ism” always starts a fight: Smith or Keynes, Marx or Malthus; Each an ism in its own right.
Being social’s a healthy attitude, Even communal, although a platitude. But tack on that suffix, we become bellicose, We can’t see our neighbor, at least not up close.
My fellow Americans, sans ism, Be a patriot, proud of our national rhythm Don’t you think it’s off track? How to ever get it back?
Let’s be fans—not fanatics And honor our heroes While shunning the ones who lead us astray. No need to name them; we know by their actions: “By their fruits you shall know them.” Eliminate factions. A new thought—a new verbiage, a better way!
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Thanks Milan. Ellen Sent from my iPad
On Jan 14, 2021, at 11:36 AM, Milan Hamilton via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Sorry I usually try to remember adding that because I have the same issue identifying who is writing in these long strings.😳 Milan Hamilton
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 14, 2021, at 7:33 AM, Frank Knutson via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
VERY GOOD M. <2e6088719218600d9fdbd2d1cb00b6c6.gif> <VIKING copy.jpeg> ❤ <PastedGraphic-2.pdf>
On Jan 14, 2021, at 1:14 AM, Wesson Gaige via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
This is great. If only I could tell who ‘I’ is. There is so much value in adding a signature to posts. It helps me keep from getting lost. Everything is currently being ascribed to ‘Herman F Greene’.
Wesson E Gaige wesgaige@mac.com
On Jan 13, 2021, at 16:25, Milan Hamilton via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
I've been working on this poem for a week. In light of today's second impeachment of a U.S. President ever, with my feelings of having been trampled under foot by a mob of insurrectionists and my head both feeling like it is going to explode or implode, I believe poetry is my only recourse😡🤬🤯
What If . . . What if we changed our thinking? Seems to me it has been stinking— Thinking, that is! And what if we transformed our vocabulary? Maybe a little less military?
Hey! I just had one, A thought, I mean—check it out! Is it odiferous?
Let’s eliminate all “isms” That might mitigate current schisms, See life through myriad prisms, Instead of only black and white Or absolutes: “You’re wrong! I’m right!”
Capital’s essential, you know, For entrepreneurs and commerce flow. But adding “ism” always starts a fight: Smith or Keynes, Marx or Malthus; Each an ism in its own right.
Being social’s a healthy attitude, Even communal, although a platitude. But tack on that suffix, we become bellicose, We can’t see our neighbor, at least not up close.
My fellow Americans, sans ism, Be a patriot, proud of our national rhythm Don’t you think it’s off track? How to ever get it back?
Let’s be fans—not fanatics And honor our heroes While shunning the ones who lead us astray. No need to name them; we know by their actions: “By their fruits you shall know them.” Eliminate factions. A new thought—a new verbiage, a better way!
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Wesson Gaige