Written, August 28, 2024 For The Contest, This or That, Vol 27 “Unconscious Bias” Sponsor, Edward Ibeh ~ 2nd Place
2025 Poetry Marathon Mile 18 Poetry Contest Sponsor, Mark Toney Entered, September 21, 2025 NA
Unconscious bias can upset one's heart if kin or friends might shun your written art- to look upon good poetry as play- negating words that might uplift their day. Some think of poetry as silly writes that jumble words and do not meet the rights to be upheld as literary worth- with any thoughtful meanings to unearth. Perhaps poetic metaphors give pause and render writers void of earned applause. Ambiguity somehow dismisses sense; unconscious bias- inborn to commence. Most poets may unveil views quite obscure that sometimes deems their sanity unsure by those who harbor this unconscious fact- and hold back ways by which they should react. We're thankful other poets read our art with no unconscious bias on their part. They understand the nuances displayed in chosen thoughts so artfully conveyed.
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