Caroline Cécile Delacroix Poet Quatrain

Pride and Prejudice

Roots of brothers’ enmity


Days of thunder rise
When skin and classes
Did society divide
Into angry masses.

Disabilitating pride
Of prejudice impasses
Bursting into fire
Erasing crevasses.

A powerful dynamite
Abolishing classes
In fatal crossings like
Those of sea lasses*.

Fire raced worldwide
In tragic menaces
Destroying empires
For their trespasses.

World yet divided
Historical enmity clashes
Rooting in the first crime
Abel and Cain’s buried ashes.

By CarolineCécile
March 2007.

* Sea Lasses is a metaphor for cruise ships like the Titanic.

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David Byrne July 20, 2010 at 6:50 PM I love the epic scope of this - great energy!

Richard Pickett December 2, 2009 at 7:57 PM What can I say...You did it again...Wonderful..RdP

James Fraser November 28, 2009 at 11:03 AM Another gem Caroline >> James

John Freeman November 23, 2009 at 7:21 PM I love your emphases on the age old problem, rooted in Cain and Able. Many do not realize the problem is with in the persons themselves. Sincerely, love, Moses

Linda-Marie Sweetheart November 22, 2009 at 7:56 AM The last two lines ... the most poignant ending to this demonstrative poem .. excellent write ..such powerful words .. an intense wake up call to re evaluate ... a winning reading this Sunday... blessings ... luv ... Linda-Marie, P.E.P.S. "Sweetheart" with many thankxxx for your comments on my poetry ...

P Sheart November 21, 2009 at 9:16 PM A very wise, thought provoking Quatrain, Caoline! Love a poem that pulls at humanity's heartstrings! smile...Excellent title too. Thanks for explaining the metaphor for sea lasses. I never heard that one before. Truly enjoyed my friend. Thanks so much for your gracious comments and for sharing. Here's wishing you and yours a wonderful holiday season. Love Light Patty

Jared Pickett November 21, 2009 at 11:10 AM Nice Quatrain.... Flawless.......:JP]

Carrie Richards November 21, 2009 at 8:31 AM This is amazing writing, Caroline! I've read it several times, and is worth another look! Great work!~ Carrie

Carolyn Devonshire November 21, 2009 at 7:00 AM There is so much power and wise observation in this poem, Caroline. I'd like to know why these events continue to plague us; it's as if we learned nothing from "the first crime." A local home invasion this week resulted in the murders of two neighbors and I have been wondering why we seem to repeat these senseless cycles of violence. This was an excellent read for me today! Brilliant poem! Love,

Robert A. Dufresne November 21, 2009 at 5:22 AM Really like this work, Caroline..especially first and last verses.Thanks

Anthony Nutter November 21, 2009 at 2:19 AM A simple lovely piece. Excellent write and I loved the last stanza. A. W. Nutter www.freewebs.com/abcedit

Brian Strand November 21, 2009 at 12:19 AM Lovely inner poem in first stanza Caroline.Rgds Brian & thanks for your welcome comments.