Debbie Guzzi Poet Sonnet

The Red Plague/ Mao's Legacy

Earth, water, metal, sky...
pummeled into submission.
Decay, refuse, side by side,
ground into submission.

Once pristine mountains ranged high;
while wild horses went flying by
ridden by Mongols 'neath starry skies
now, whipped into submission.

Rivers hemmed, tortured, bound;
green trees, now sickened, brown;
bare, skeletal, barren dry;
cringing 'neath soot filled skies....

All the grandeur now cries
ground into submission. 

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John Loving Iii July 10, 2009 at 4:39 PM smart but as usual when you point the finger you have three pointing back at you. i liked the ideals and the rhyming over all it is good. but i do recognize that when you have a population as large as china; you have to take certian measures to control it. communism is the only way for them. John Henry Loving III

Trudy Diane Rider July 9, 2009 at 2:53 PM This is so dead on, and I get a mental picture of an elder Indian with tears streaming down his face, as they are mine also. Wonderful poem,. sad message, but one that needs to be heard.

Carol Sunshine Brown July 9, 2009 at 10:24 AM Outstanding Deborah. Tis sad but the truth of the matter. Love, Carol

Carrie Richards July 9, 2009 at 8:57 AM This is worthy of a second look....deeply rooted in the lines, "decay and refuse..side by side...pummeled into submission....." too sad sadly so much truth.... Great write!

James Peranteau July 9, 2009 at 7:47 AM Deborah,..great poem,..and how awesome that yesterday I made a comment to my daughter in law,..asking how many mountains she thought it took to just do the stretch of I-95 we traveld yesterday ! Great write ! james

Jim Wilson July 9, 2009 at 7:14 AM Very passionate and vivid. I like the short line for this topic, it conveys the sense of urgency.