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The World Needs Stupid Poems About Sheep

There's many speeches made upon the battlefield of life And much advice both wise and otherwise There's words to spur us on to overcome all sorts of strife Some honest truths and some just hopeful lies. The pep talk to build up the team so they go out and win; The mantras found in simple battle cries; The politics of power delivered with an extra spin; The prophets' words reduced to sermon size; The burning words of hatred that can send a man to kill To light the fire that must be quenched with blood; The prophecies long written that the blind seek to fulfil; The word that lifts the fallen from the mud. The lovers speak in whispers in the darkness of the night And plight to each their troth in sickly verse And the righteous lift up their voice to praise God, good and right And hide the fact that they do something worse. But if there is humanity and sanity to keep The world needs stupid poems about sheep.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 7/13/2009 2:07:00 PM
i enjoyed good poem
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Date: 7/13/2009 4:41:00 AM
Hear, hear, Lee! There's still a lot to say about sheep ... Thank you for saying it so charmingly! I was inspired to do an aardvark poem by yours - hope you like it. I'm in set 3 of the featured poems this week, so I thought I'd do an aardvark one for next time!
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