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The Un-United State

Community or Camp A line drawn or cast Collecting wins or skins Savages... More civilized than this. *just one maple leaf flapping in the breeze no offence please

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Shirley Hawkins

Date: 5/18/2020 11:13:00 PM

It could not have been penned better...

Timothy Hicks

Date: 5/8/2020 1:23:00 AM

For being "light verse" it sure seems serious and packs a punch. There does seem to be a lot of tribalism these days ... debate is good and healthy, but when it turns into ad hominems and mudslinging, that's when you know you gotta pull back and re-examine things. Pretty clever poem (I didn't get what the maple leaf was referring to until I scrolled down and found you were from Cananda ... I think I see it now).

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 5/8/2020 8:51:00 AM

Yeah, I went back to the beginning with this one. Our world is ripe for re-examination. I say "our" and not "the" world, as only us self absorbed humans believe we are the world. Pardon my present state of disgust, I'm actually an optimist in nature. xomo

Peter Paul Valletta

Date: 5/6/2020 12:50:00 AM

wow Maureen, you know what they say ? the Pen in mightier then the sword but your pen launch a huge message , in a short number of words. ps. thanks for always having my back and commenting on my work . your the best

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 5/6/2020 8:55:00 AM

Thank you Peter! To quote myself, "...mine is a blunt instrument, and beats the truth out of me" ;), Warm hugs, take care! xomo

Anna Hopper

Date: 5/5/2020 10:48:00 AM

Haha!! You are the best!

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 5/5/2020 12:06:00 PM

Tee hee! Thank you & Ditto xomo

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 5/4/2020 6:55:00 AM

Have to grin about this one. Grinning hugely actually.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 5/4/2020 7:39:00 AM

Yay! Enchanté! <3 Thank you Lovely! xomo

Gershon Wolf

Date: 5/3/2020 8:38:00 PM

That thin veneer of civilization has been peeled away... and now we see the jungle lying underneath, ready to pounce. Nice one, Maureen. :) gw

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 5/4/2020 7:36:00 AM

I'm putting my money on money for the win. Ugh. Thank you my friend, xomo

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 5/3/2020 10:44:00 AM

We are just one maple leaf away from being savages. We must be our best! When my son went to Russia for wrestling, I told him he was a representative of his God, family and country. So we should be in our own country. Blessings, sweet poet!

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 5/4/2020 8:58:00 AM

My son was a 4 time state champion and an all-american winner. He has his sons wrestling now. My son was famous for this one move that could quickly take out the opposition. LOL. I love watching his patience with the kids. Your honey sounds fascinating!

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 5/3/2020 10:54:00 AM

Thank you Lovely! My honey was a champion wrestler in high school, his coach suggested he take ballet... I met him after a 20+ year career as a dancer ;), Hugs xomo

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 5/3/2020 8:14:00 AM

You got that right! Hugs Rick.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 5/3/2020 8:45:00 AM

Thank you Rick, it's the other global pandemic. x!

Heidi Sands

Date: 5/2/2020 2:29:00 PM

Well done Maureen. I wish we could all be United. Even with differences. Take care :)

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 5/2/2020 8:55:00 PM

Thank you Heidi. Ditto x2 ~x

Ts Poetry

Date: 5/2/2020 7:20:00 AM

It's starting to happen here too...a land divided

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 5/2/2020 11:14:00 AM

An unsettling global trend :( ...xomo

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 5/2/2020 6:34:00 AM

What is going on over there today is difficult to comprehend the state of USA! Very meaningful writing dearest, Maureen! Hugs xxx

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 5/2/2020 11:15:00 AM

Thank you dear. It is baffling and, unnerving ~x

Anil Deo

Date: 5/2/2020 4:30:00 AM

what a Maple Leaf! Give me that flag ... and the tired, huddled natives (Seriously, Canada has tried with First Nations, more than us). shalom, shalom & thanks

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 5/2/2020 11:21:00 AM

Still have a long way to go we do. I believe in my community we have the largest Inuit population in the comparative south. I have met some truly lovely people. Poetry hugs! xomo

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/1/2020 2:58:00 PM

What our country has become is so unbelievable and now the entire world is like Twilight Zone. Oh my!

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 5/1/2020 3:11:00 PM

Meanwhile, up in Canada, we have a minority government that's working... Who'd a thunk it?! Crrrrazy. <3

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 5/1/2020 1:47:00 PM

"A line drawn or cast' - so much said in few words, I'm just not surprised by anything he says anymore-

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 5/1/2020 1:54:00 PM

Funny how shock wears off eh? This inspired by a wonderful speaker on CBC Radio yesterday, talking about how "communities" gather and "camps" divide. Asked my honey to run and fetch me my notebook while in the tub, had to get this one down, and out ;), Hugs, xomo

Rico Leffanta

Date: 5/1/2020 1:26:00 PM

So "Un" that the House of Representatives decided they have had enough, and went home, leaving Trump to mind the store and shoo in Justin Walker to aid Brett Kavanaugh in overthrowing Justice! Well said, Mo! Aloha! Rico

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 5/1/2020 1:34:00 PM

I am stupefied. He is so divisive. This pimple is getting huge, it's going to be one hell of a mess when it pops. Full face helmets are on sale at Canuck Tire...

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 5/1/2020 9:48:00 AM

We have become so UN it is ridiculous! Well penned!

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 5/1/2020 1:38:00 PM

It really saddens, and scares me. The makings of a civil war. So scary. Stay safe my friend, hugs! xomo