Pandemonium

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Panicked people pour into the streets pushing past each other; they’re powerless
Against the awful atrocity unleashed by unknown armed assailants.
Normalcy has fled; so many in the debris are left lying dead!
Disarray, destruction, distress and doom! On screens around the world we see
Escapees emerging wounded from rubble. From everywhere, we keep watching
Madness made manifest by malcontents in the mountains of mutilated bodies.
Obscene and odious terrorism, now overflowing in the land -
Never before in my own lifetime has nefariousness felt so omnipresent, nor
Immoral acts so incessant and innumerable!
Ugly and ubiquitous, these evil deeds could be humanity’s undoing.
More noble souls are needed, else we become *All Devil’s Land!

Aug, 1, 2016 for John Hamilton's Pandemonium Poetry Contest
Oops, I had a typo on last line; hope I caught it in time!!

*All Devil’s land is the literal translation of Pandemonium

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 8/8/2016 9:32:00 PM
Congratulations on your win! Very well done!!!! Hugs Eve
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Date: 8/8/2016 5:14:00 PM
Wow....this poem is one I missed reading Andrea. I am happy to see it is a top winner! Congratulations on this deserving piece. 7 ; )
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Date: 8/8/2016 12:39:00 PM
This is the most deserving acrostic for teh first place,congrats Andrea!
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Date: 8/8/2016 12:17:00 PM
Great alliteration in this powerful write.
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Date: 8/8/2016 8:58:00 AM
I woke up this morning to pandemonium, congrats you are a true winner.
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Date: 8/8/2016 6:42:00 AM
congrats on your win stephen
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Date: 8/7/2016 10:32:00 PM
Excellent expressions of what pandemonium is like, Andrea! Congrats on your top win :)
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Date: 8/7/2016 8:36:00 PM
Congrats!!! on FIRST PLACE Andrea...well done my friend...^WW^
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Date: 8/7/2016 7:20:00 PM
Back to congratulate you Andrea, no surprise here....
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Date: 8/7/2016 6:52:00 PM
wow Andrea you sure nailed the theme here congrats on your win:-) hugs jan xx
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Date: 8/7/2016 6:44:00 PM
andrea! Yay on your top win lady! Congrats this poem is amazing and winning worthy :)-luloo
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Date: 8/7/2016 6:09:00 PM
Back again to congratulate you on your top win, Andrea! Janice
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Date: 8/7/2016 5:13:00 PM
Extreme 'pandemonium' imaged in a most powerful and disturbing way, Andrea! Frightening for sure! Congratulations on your well-deserved First Place win! 7 Hugs, Sandra
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Date: 8/4/2016 9:59:00 PM
A 7 for this excellent, vividly descriptive poem, Andrea! Janice
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Date: 8/4/2016 9:00:00 PM
Perfect Pandemonium. sure to win. Best Wishes
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Date: 8/3/2016 11:18:00 AM
quite a time and age we decided to be born in. More noble souls needed is right! Spot on, great work!
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Date: 8/3/2016 10:53:00 AM
Sodom and Gomohrah! - I don't know the spelling. We seem to be heading in this direction, and, in fact, may have reached it. The balance is leaning toward evil. Love, daver
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Date: 8/2/2016 6:18:00 PM
This is a powerful depiction of, sadly, our world today.I love the way you did each line also. I don't want to be nitpicky, BUT. :) You ended with an n. Sooo, I'm sure you will correct this with your normal aplomb. :) Peace and Prayers and positive energy your way.
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Date: 8/2/2016 3:23:00 PM
Unlike mine, this is exactly what John is looking for. I knew that when I posted, but accepted what my muse came up with. Here you have all the ingredients and evidence of a winning Acrostic - well done! CayCay
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Date: 8/2/2016 3:19:00 PM
A pandemonium indeed, one which is filling our mi ds with fear, our hearts with doubt, and our soul,hopefully will not be taken by anger and hatred, cuz its so difficult not to at times... But I pray to God, to be able to live in peace with myself..Pandemonium of Hell indeed.
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Date: 8/2/2016 3:00:00 PM
wow! you have nailed this one, andrea! i love the alliteration in each line - brilliantly done!
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Date: 8/2/2016 12:24:00 PM
Fantastic write, Andrea! I'm Glad you shared the literal meaning of Pandemonium. I learned something new. Blessings!
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Date: 8/2/2016 11:35:00 AM
Alliteration on fire, great work Andrea...
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Date: 8/2/2016 11:15:00 AM
Super alliteration, Andrea. Really like the message and content of this write. Like you, I'm disgusted with the media and the debauchery in the middle east.
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Date: 8/2/2016 11:08:00 AM
Very nicely done!
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