Phillip Garcia Poet Rhyme

America the Plentiful - Repost

that love is freedom shared by the willing,
    is truth we hold to be self-evident,
  and thus we mold flamboyant bells to ring,
    declaring ourselves still as relevant;

  but what remains of dawn’s once early light?
    so dim the morning, grim, growing hungry,
      no different than stomachs worn by our own;

  the Romans once, designed such plans of plight,
    with soldiers starved and charged wanting to flee,
      so weary they became - victims in stone;

  I say I see an empire, fallen, here,
    repeating mistakes made once long before,
  but let’s build a new mall, just over there,
    then send our children to pay with a war;
  
  we stupid people, yes I’m included,
    laughing with love freely changing our mind,
      are spewing out lies redolent of vile;
 
  for all will starve when the grain’s polluted,
    and all stomachs too, shall hunt with eyes blind,
      curs-ed be we, embracing denial. 

    

7/30/2016

Submitted for:  DENIAL

Sponsored by:  Julia Ward

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Mahtab Bangalee November 22, 2020 at 11:16 PM that love is freedom shared by the willing/// great line; expressive most; yeah I think so

Andrea Dietrich August 29, 2016 at 5:40 PM there are truths in this one. For example, the grain polluted. For me that would be the damn GMO's flooding our shelves in the market place now. I see you posted this for a contest named Denial. Isn't her contest called Deluge? Anyway, you sure did a good poem. Phillip Garcia August 29, 2016 at 6:10 PM Thank you very much! And this was I submitted for a. Contest she did in July and surprisingly enough won but then not surprisingly I somehow fumbled my way into deleting it off of the site. I'm just a simple minded Texans y'know?

Pashang Salehi August 29, 2016 at 10:52 AM Very nice Phillip, and thanks for reading my Ghazal.. Phillip Garcia August 29, 2016 at 6:16 PM Thank you very much and you're very much welcome

Mark Paul Van Der Merwe August 29, 2016 at 12:51 AM Fantastic poem Philip - I live way on the other side of the world from you in South Africa but see understand your concerns and the reality within your poems deepness. Well captured and written. Mark Mark Paul Van Der Merwe August 29, 2016 at 1:14 AM Pleasure - you might appreciate this poem I wrote , I don't think its popular with many. http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/killing_machines_809645 Mark Phillip Garcia August 29, 2016 at 12:57 AM Thank you Mark - it's a funny thing about people that no matter where we are we tend to sort of act the same. Thank for taking the time to read and sharing your thoughts from the land of Ernie Els! Phillip Garcia August 29, 2016 at 12:54 AM Thank you Mark - it's a funny thing about people that no matter where we are we tend to sort of act the same. Thank for taking the time to read and sharing your thoughts from the land of Ernie Els!