Amy Green Poet Rhyme

Talks Too Much

'Tis a faux pas in American history
A blob of dark ink on an exquisite painting
There is no mystery
A time with blood and fears reigning

This disparity caused a Civil War
When avarice possessed no humanity
Some realizing the aberration must be no more
A great President chose to erase this wretched vanity

Human beings, toiled in chains
Families ripped apart to not a care
Freedom seekers violated, enduring intense pain
Yet these new American's clung to hope and prayer.

Many lives were lost- at great cost
This exquisite painting began again
The idea of slavery tossed
The artist painted over this shame
Erased but not forgotten- triumph not lost.



A. Green

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Carol Sunshine Brown November 10, 2010 at 11:08 AM Congratulations on your poetry X2 making it through the first round of the Poetrysoup site contest Amy. The best to you in the finals. Love, Carol

Linda-Marie Sweetheart November 10, 2010 at 4:54 AM Congrats to AWESOME AMY for having two poems selected in the first round of competition in the P.S. contest luv.. good luck in the next phase my friend.. way to go ...

Carol Sunshine Brown August 9, 2010 at 6:32 AM Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week Amy. Wishing you the best always on your writing endeavors. Love, Carol

Linda-Marie Sweetheart August 8, 2010 at 8:23 PM Congrats Awesome Amy on your featured poem this week on the Soup.. a great piece to share with us all..with luv..

Gert W. Knop June 8, 2010 at 5:48 AM Congrats on your win, Amy! At least slavery was abolished but what an unnecessary war that was!!! Very well written, Amy! And thank you for your comment and congrats to my win in the contest...Gert

Carol Sunshine Brown June 7, 2010 at 6:11 AM Congratulations on your well deserved win in Paula's contest Amy. Love, Carol

Andrea Dietrich June 5, 2010 at 12:02 PM Hey, and congratulations are in order too I just found out! LUv, Andrea

Larry Belt June 5, 2010 at 11:22 AM Congrats on an Awesome win Amy.....Larry

Faleshia Murphy June 5, 2010 at 10:29 AM very nice congrats on your win and have a great weekend faleshia

Suresh Iyer June 5, 2010 at 9:40 AM Congratulations for your wonderful poem. You have expressed the pain of loss and slavery so well in such beautiful lines. cheers suresh

Charles Henderson June 4, 2010 at 11:31 PM Good for people to remember, and you presented it so well. Thanks, Charles

Dr.Ram Mehta June 4, 2010 at 5:17 PM Congrats on the win

Joyce Johnson June 4, 2010 at 4:16 PM What a wonderful subject you chose for this erasure task. A war to be proud of unlike some of our modern ones. Love, Joyce

Sharon Tideswell June 4, 2010 at 3:34 PM Congratulations on your 4th place win. Great write!

Linda-Marie Sweetheart June 4, 2010 at 3:10 PM Congrats Amy on your winning poem in the Eraser contest.. a wonderful message and take another victory dance please as u earned it ...with luv from the "Sweetheart"

Andrea Dietrich June 4, 2010 at 9:11 AM Paula should like the message here very much, Amy. You chose a really great way to incorporate the eraser idea! A very meaningful write, Amy. Luv, Andra

Linda-Marie Sweetheart June 4, 2010 at 9:00 AM Whoa girl this is excellent Amy.. good luck but its incredibly and so unique a write u will soar to the top spot for sure... u gave us all a great laugh on Soup between last night and this morning with the contest switch a roo .. we had fun with it.. and a few other also wrote the Choka Me entries.. but I still WON so ..next....luv..

Carolyn Devonshire June 4, 2010 at 8:38 AM Great approach to the contest, Amy. Slavery has been erased, but the harm it did to our country will never be forgotten. Awesome perspective and a compelling poem. Love, Carolyn