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Welcome To Hungary

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Your journey was long Here you shall find respite Come one and all Have you enjoyed your trip? We shall trip you here for sure Holding babies you stumble and fall Television reporters kick you one and all Hungary welcomes you Let us stamp a number on your arm To welcome you of course We have camps ready The trains are here too If you think we treat our livestock better Well this would be very true We have a few rations, in basements we toss to you History was lost on the last trains passing through We in Eastern Europe Have learning nothing at all Sorry but hearing the words “camps” “Trains” and stamping numbers on refugees to keep track of them, well I could not help but make the comparison. That reporter by the way, tripping the migrants and children was fired. She claimed she was afraid, yet all the other reporters seem to be calm and have no fear at all. She was fired not for tripping the migrants, but for getting caught.

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Ralph Sergi

Date: 10/10/2015 10:03:00 AM

Hi Arthur: I did see that Well begone shades of the Holocaust and the poor Mexicans. POIGNANT BUT GREAT WRITE.

Arthur Vaso
Date: 10/10/2015 8:44:00 PM

Thank you very much Ralph, I know that that nothing is black and white, but I would hope compassion ranks high in the human spirit and that is not always the case!

Cherl Dunn

Date: 9/22/2015 7:30:00 PM

Dear Arthur Interestingly done, my friend, very descriptive and full of visionary lines love the pics as always perfect to the write, I've done another one you might find worth the rereading of it's called the curse of Black Beard try it out, miss your commenting my historical friend, and don't forget me when Halloween gets here you know October is my month, and I've been working on new stuff for months, rewrites from last year and 60 new ones, take care and I hope to hear from you soon, cheri

Arthur Vaso
Date: 10/10/2015 8:59:00 PM

Thanks Cherl, haven't been around as much, hope to catch up on reading here this weekend!

Afolabi Muideen

Date: 9/22/2015 8:04:00 AM

What a well and a beautiful descriptive.....great one......A.M.

Arthur Vaso
Date: 10/10/2015 8:59:00 PM

Thank you Afolabi

Jaycee Cervenka

Date: 9/18/2015 10:00:00 AM

The similarities are chilling, that is for sure. The lines are easily drawn in parallel. The reporter and the network should both be deeply ashamed. Jan

Arthur Vaso
Date: 10/10/2015 9:00:00 PM

Thanks Jaycee, sorry for late reply, always seem to be playing catch up here!!

Afolabi Muideen

Date: 9/15/2015 6:01:00 PM

A well and a beautiful descriptive, I love how you constructed it and thank you for this informative write........A.M.

Arthur Vaso
Date: 10/10/2015 9:02:00 PM

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 9/15/2015 9:03:00 AM

Good for you Arthur, this is a horrible reality for these people. The video really brings the message home.

Arthur Vaso
Date: 10/10/2015 9:02:00 PM

Thanks Richard, no matter how people feel about current events, human compassion should always come first!

Tim Smith

Date: 9/14/2015 12:18:00 PM

It doesn't pass the smell test. My "Seeds" poem was about all the refugee children. I should have put notes...lol

Arthur Vaso
Date: 10/3/2015 10:26:00 PM

Thanks Tim, I will go look!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 9/13/2015 5:41:00 PM

A tragic scene. The woman tripping children. REALLY? Give me a break!!! This is something that needs to be said Good for YOU!

Arthur Vaso
Date: 9/13/2015 8:29:00 PM

Thanks Andrea! Hugs!

Emile Pinet

Date: 9/13/2015 11:02:00 AM

A well written engrossing poem filled with sadness, dealing with questions of lost hope, and discrimination in a whirl wind of emotions. Emile.

Arthur Vaso
Date: 9/13/2015 8:29:00 PM

Thank you Emile, much appreciated!

Nette Onclaud

Date: 9/13/2015 10:53:00 AM

what riveting images which pierce my senses, arthur... this is really good!.. huggs

Arthur Vaso
Date: 9/13/2015 8:28:00 PM

Thank you Nette!

Jan Allison

Date: 9/13/2015 4:56:00 AM

Kudos Arthur for this powerful write - I am sure if the boot was on the other foot she too would be running - hope she is blacklisted forever - simply heartbreaking to see the clip:-( hugs Jan xx

Arthur Vaso
Date: 9/13/2015 8:28:00 PM

Who would not run to a better place, when facing almost certain death! hugs!

Mark Woods

Date: 9/13/2015 2:50:00 AM

Families fleeing death. from a war that has lasted for too long now, and where innocent civilians get slain daily by all sides. From a war that has already lasted longer than WWI .It is so very sad and meanwhile the world talks.

Arthur Vaso
Date: 9/13/2015 8:27:00 PM

Thank you Mark, and so true.

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 9/13/2015 1:42:00 AM

Heart-wrenching...All we have to ask is ,'What if it was us leaving our homes and all we own,what if they were our children with us on those boats at sea,how would we want to be treated?' ..Guess the answer is easy to find. Oh She was scared?So she made them fall, treated them worse than dogs... How cruel can people be?. Compassion and no war..Where is the plan.Oh God it never ends.

Arthur Vaso
Date: 9/13/2015 8:26:00 PM

You have expressed this better than I! :) hugs