Caroline Cécile Delacroix Poet Cinquain

The Ugly Truth

Riches
Rampant beneath
The surface, a body
Dressed in curves, hard edges, and sea
Bounty.

Goodness
That is needed
By the masses, a gift,
Yet used for self gain carelessly 
A rift.

By those
Who pursue greed
Seeking gains and power
Without the checks and balance of
Nature.

We see
The ugly truth
Over the globe, high bill
Of disasters and waste so crude
Oil Spills.

By CarolineCécile
Copyright © 06.29.10

For the Team Poetry Soup contest.

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Poet Destroyer A September 2, 2010 at 3:46 PM nice write, congrats on the feature, enjoyed..P.D.

Constance La France August 31, 2010 at 6:22 AM A wonderful poem and a perfect one to be featured this week~~

Noel Villarosa August 30, 2010 at 10:51 PM Congratulations, Caroline Cecile, for this unique piece, as among the featured poems for this week. (^_^) Noel.

Jayne Eggins August 30, 2010 at 7:11 AM ahhhh wonderfully conscious poem of the world Caroline ... congrates on being featured this week love Jayne

Carol Sunshine Brown August 30, 2010 at 5:59 AM Congratulations on your wonderful poetry being featured this week here at PoetrySoup Caroline. Love, Carol

Linda-Marie Sweetheart August 29, 2010 at 2:17 PM Congrats Caroline on your featured poem this week on the Soup... a nice one to share with us all.. with luv..

Carol Sunshine Brown August 16, 2010 at 6:04 AM Congratulations to you Caroline on your win in Team PoetrySoup's contest "Gulf Oil Spill". Love, Carol

Carolyn Devonshire August 15, 2010 at 4:32 PM Wow, I must have missed this when I was away on vacation. What a terrific series of cinquains on the oil spill, Caroline. Big congrats on placing second in the Soup contest! Love, Carolyn

Linda-Marie Sweetheart August 15, 2010 at 2:57 PM Congrats Caroline on your winning poem in the Gulf Oil Spill contest with this brilliant write ..enjoy a wonderful victory today..this happy Sunday..with luv..

Gert W. Knop July 23, 2010 at 7:40 AM Enjoyed the read of your poem this afternoon, Caroline! Alles hier ist ja so wahr!!! Alles Gute und ein schönes Wochenende...Gert

David Byrne July 16, 2010 at 6:13 PM Love the first stanza!

Canny Amah July 2, 2010 at 6:46 PM ... poesy is the mouth-piece of humanity ... you’ve spoken for the down-trodden … everywhere ... like you're speaking for Africa ... if not for “ ” ... this is a winning slot, for sure ... Cheers! Canny

Doris Culverhouse July 1, 2010 at 5:20 AM great poem!

Wilma Neels June 30, 2010 at 8:32 PM Amazing truth, with the ugly consequences, best wishes for the contest Caroline, tc Wilma

Sena Slaughter June 30, 2010 at 4:29 PM Wow! Incredible piece! Wonderfully written to describe oil spills. Good luck in the contest!

Skat A June 30, 2010 at 4:27 PM THE UGLY TRUTH IS SURELY UGLY BUT IT'S HAPPENING AND WE NEED TO BE MORE AWARE, GOOD LUCK ON THE CONTEST-SKAT