Mark Toney Poet Free verse

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June 1, 2022

Sentimentality Poetry Contest sponsored by: Julia Ward

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Sentimentality

Sentimentality

Most curious 
duality ... this
Sentimentality

Excessive tenderness,
sadness, nostalgia
corrupting modality,
distorting reality's
social edifice

Brain-cramping
contortion,
fierce pressure
building,
Sentimentality
wielding an
assault on
humanity! 

Liars lie with
impunity
Childhood
lessons lost
Darkness 
perverting civility 

Root of irrational passions,
misplaced idealism—
This insidious,
ever-swelling 
tsunami of 
Sentimentality

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Valsa George August 4, 2022 at 4:55 AM 'Brain cramping contortion', 'tsunami of sentimentality' ..... very powerful usages! Level headed people never fall a prey to such excesses of emotion ! Powerful poem, dear Mark Mark Toney August 4, 2022 at 4:33 PM Valsa, thank you for your kind expressions of encouragement!

Andrea Dietrich June 18, 2022 at 2:24 PM Oh I love this , Mark. I thought my entry was pretty good too, but it's like winning a lottery ticket to place with this sponsor. haha. This deserves more look-see's, that's for sure. one of my favorites I saw done for her contest on this theme. Mark Toney June 18, 2022 at 3:58 PM Thank you, kind Andrea. I liked your entry too. It was a very visceral, visually vivifying poem :)