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

Date: 7/20/2010 6:50:00 PM

I love the epic scope of this - great energy!

Richard Pickett

Date: 12/2/2009 7:57:00 PM

What can I say...You did it again...Wonderful..RdP

James Fraser

Date: 11/28/2009 11:03:00 AM

Another gem Caroline >> James

John Freeman

Date: 11/23/2009 7:21:00 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

Date: 11/22/2009 7:56:00 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

Date: 11/21/2009 9:16:00 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

Date: 11/21/2009 11:10:00 AM

Nice Quatrain.... Flawless.......:JP]

Carrie Richards

Date: 11/21/2009 8:31:00 AM

This is amazing writing, Caroline! I've read it several times, and is worth another look! Great work!~ Carrie

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 11/21/2009 7:00:00 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

Date: 11/21/2009 5:22:00 AM

Really like this work, Caroline..especially first and last verses.Thanks