Shame

we, the grand opening exhibit caged by superior species animals in white, hot light torn from our familes to perform in shame broken spirits freedom gone nails scrape glass By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, June 9, 2012 for Imagination Contest (Nette Onclaud)

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Skat A

Date: 11/28/2015 10:18:00 PM

Rhonda, :) Congratulations on having your poem featured on the soups, Home Page. ~SKAT LOVE~

Daver Austin

Date: 11/23/2015 10:01:00 AM

"Nails scrape glass." Great line, Congrats, daver

Sara Kendrick

Date: 6/14/2012 3:48:00 PM

Good work that makes one wonder exactly what this scene is...Enjoyed reading your winning work..Congrats..Sara

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 6/14/2012 12:52:00 PM

Congratulations on your win in Nette's "Imagination" contest Rhonda. Love, Carol

Mandy Tams The Golden Girl

Date: 6/14/2012 4:34:00 AM

Congratulations Rhonda xx

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 6/13/2012 9:12:00 PM

RHONDA, congratulations in Nette's imaginations contest ;-) Good night*PD

Charlotte Puddifoot

Date: 6/13/2012 3:58:00 PM

congrats on your win in the contest with this unsettling nonet, concise use of language :-)

Black Eyed Susan

Date: 6/11/2012 10:43:00 AM

how horrible! I hope we're never enslaved and caged like this! nice entry for the contest :) soupmail

Barbara Gorelick

Date: 6/10/2012 1:58:00 PM

This is great...I had trouble with this one..but you nailed it. BG

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/10/2012 12:21:00 AM

YOurs is more what she wanted than mine. I could not figure how to get the emotions across in just nine very short lines, but actually we are almost thinking of the same theme! Way to go with your entry.