Globalization

These days move quickly
second upon second
eating away the
innocence of youth!
Spring gives hope,
summer the bloom develops
a path to choose.
Autumn realism and
regret, winter stagnates
steers one’s mentality
to hazy days in limbo.
Waves of tears, a
conscious to cast out,
doubts and more doubts
before the bridge to cross.
Turbulence screams out,
many meaningless words
woven in sentiment, washed
away in rapids of unseemly
conformity, column after column
of political opinion in
constant bombardment of
promise, each and every
oppressor on their media trip,
a saturation of nebulous
speech, all without direction!
Life ne’er simple, the human race
on the wane, to dance amidst
the sunbeams that dazzle
honesty and respect.
Yet hours of artless suffuse,
never to wash the ghetto
from one’s mind, never to live
without pain, all that hatred,
all that waste, wrapped up
in one’s culture!

 © Harry J Horsman 2002

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010



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Date: 1/22/2013 11:57:00 AM
Dear Harry, I see Congratulations are again bestowed upon YOU for this POEM being Featured. I've only read 3 of YOUR POEMS and ask myself Why didn't I start reading YOUR POETIC Masterpieces before. I will have a fun journey along the paths of YOUR Words Superb Write LOVE ALWAYS and FOREVER YOUR Eternal Liege...Harry
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Date: 1/4/2013 11:02:00 PM
the process to live with or without. how do we or not do it... to live under one sky... enjoyed... your silly little friend..LINDA
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Date: 2/29/2012 9:54:00 PM
Harry, it was so interesting to see this one after what you just told me from reading my poem wishing for world peace. I think I will be coming back to your older poems too when I don't see new stuff of yours posted. BTW, Please ignore my stupid haiku I just posted. the contest was extremely limiting. We could not use our "ideas" or figurative language, just show a picture of something and there were too many "rules" going against me writing anything good!! bye now, andrea
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Date: 11/19/2010 2:14:00 PM
Congratulations on your poem featured this week, Harry! Always, Audrey
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Date: 11/15/2010 4:15:00 PM
such good words+ insight, a very usefull use of words, it would be better to enjoy life rather than deride its true value. and inventing false ones. enjoyed this Harry.
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Date: 11/15/2010 11:09:00 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved poetry being featured this week Harry. Love, Carol
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Date: 11/14/2010 2:24:00 PM
Congrats Harry on your featured poem this week on the Soup .. a special piece to share with us all luv this happy Sunday.. hope all is well with u and yours...luv..
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