This rise of incivility, hate mongering, and inhumane acts have settled in. It’s sowing itself into our fabric. I worry it’s a stain not easily removed.
a complex legacy
inhumane circumstances
normalized for too long
cotton fields
bloom with the DNA
of my ancestors
Pat R
4/22/19
For dVerse Poets Pub where the prompt is “Rise”. Stop by and do some reading or join in here.
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thoughts and entanglements 
Searing, and yet so true! Great write, Pat!
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Thanks Frank.
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My pleasure, Pat! 🙂
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Excellent use of the prompt word in this powerful poem. I pray the stain of hate might one day be no more.
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Thank you Linda, thank you for reading.
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“Echoes of the ancestors ride the winds of change …” (from poem by Jamie Sams) came to mind.
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Must look that up. Thanks.
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Wonderful political and moral poetic The sting of truth in every line. Fascism lurks and prepares to pounce. We, the people, the poets, must stop it!
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Thank you
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Hate seems to be rising stronger than ever. Well done, Pat.
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Thank you Merrill.
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You speak the sad truth with your brilliant word smithing and analogies. I believe empathy is becoming an underdeveloped trait.
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I agree, sadly. Underdeveloped trait… indeed.
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That’s a mighty pen you’re wielding. A powerful poem. It hurts ’cause it’s true.
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Thanks for reading.
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Yes, it is the normalizing of it that frightens me most.
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How will it all turn out, I wonder.
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I don’t know…I’m praying for a miracle.
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Wow – Powerful Pat!
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Thanks Rob. Thanks for reading.
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I too worry: I worry it’s a stain not easily removed. Good one Pat.
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Thank you Grace.
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The stain is getting darker by the day…stark and truthful. (K)
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Thanks K. The whole thing is rotting my nerves. I may need a sabbatical from the news.
Pat
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Thanks K. The whole thing is rotting my nerves. I may need a sabbatical from the news.
Pat
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I try to avoid it as much as possible. Certain voices come on the radio and I turn it off immediately.
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I need to try that:))
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I love how language mirrors actions and negative words brig out negative emotions: incivility sounds like spitting, hate mongering reminds me of a shaken fist, and inhumane sounds like a loud moan of pain. I love the wordplay in ‘It’s sowing itself into our fabric. I worry it’s a stain not easily removed.’ The haiku is hard-hitting, Pat!
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Like your analogies. Thank you.
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What is inhumane shouldn’t be normalized, but maybe the trend will change.
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Maybe. We shall see. Thanks Frank.
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Brava… 😎🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
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Touche!
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Thank you.
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The DNA in the cotton field… what a story that could weave.
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Yep! And mostly gruesome.
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