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the image of a bear dancing makes me want to weep and weep I push the scene away oh sweet baby bears taken from their mothers and the wild and trained to dance with an unimaginable cruelty (I cannot even describe it) rings put in their nose and jaw teeth broken or removed and food dreadful I must push this scene away for it's too cruel to fathom, the wildlife sanctuaries are trying to end this in the world I pray one day they will but I have another image in my head so magical of baby bears in the wild dancing while their mother sleeps nearby three bears in a circle tapping their little feet in time joyfully they dance innocent of the cruel world waiting . . . _________________________ March 19, 2019 Poetry/Free Verse/Dancing Bears Copyright Protected, ID-19-1126-082-02 All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym. Written for the contest, Bring On The Dancing Bears sponsor, John Lawless Eighth Place

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Timothy Mcguire

Date: 4/26/2019 10:31:00 PM

So true Dear Heart, great poem! I remember as a child in Appalachia a guy had a bear cub with an Indian bonnet on it. For a quarter you could feed it a bottle of milk. I remember the chain and the misery of the bear working for food. It was a wonder it did not bite my face off.

Constance La France
Date: 4/29/2019 8:52:00 AM

Timothy, thanks for visiting and your compassion for the bears, the bear probably did not bite you because its teeth had been removed, how sad and horrible is that! How pathetic that a wild creature is made to do such a thing for money, it makes me sick and angry !

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 4/26/2019 6:49:00 PM

I remember this sweet one so adorable. BIG congrats on your win, Dear Heart!

Constance La France
Date: 4/29/2019 8:53:00 AM

Andrea, thanks for the congrats, the baby bears are adorable but the captured bears plight is far from sweet !

John Lawless

Date: 4/26/2019 6:39:00 PM

A touching reminder of the beauty of nature and the cruelness of man(and woman) thanks for entering the contest

Constance La France
Date: 4/29/2019 8:53:00 AM

John, thank you so much for the contest and my placement !

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 3/20/2019 9:42:00 AM

This is darling, a tribute to keeping the wild where they belong, in the wild, with their mothers. Reminds me of the cruelty and unthinkingness of man.

Constance La France
Date: 4/29/2019 8:57:00 AM

Caren, the cruelty of mankind never fails to amaze me, wild creatures belong in the wild, sadly many of these saved bears can never be released to the wild, as they usually have no teeth or have other handicaps that prevent it, so they will live out their lives in sanctuary reserves, safe and cared for at least. God bless these people !

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/19/2019 7:26:00 PM

this was just wonderful, Dear Heart. You have a big dear heart for nature's creatures.

Constance La France
Date: 4/29/2019 8:58:00 AM

Andrea, thanks for visiting, oh yes, I weep for the wildlife but I have nothing to offer to help them !

Arturo Michael

Date: 3/19/2019 3:04:00 PM

Lot's of love here...written by a Dear Heart for sure...

Constance La France
Date: 4/29/2019 8:58:00 AM

Arturo, thanks for seeing the love I have for all creatures but especially for those abused !

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 3/19/2019 2:38:00 PM

- It is cruel to think about what people can do with animals - Let bears dance in freedom and joy :) - A heartbreaking writing, D.H. - Best wishes in the contest - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Constance La France
Date: 4/29/2019 9:00:00 AM

Anne Lise, yes the plight of the dancing bears is heartbreaking and thankfully governments are making it a crime now, but there is still much of it going on, thanks for visiting !