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"Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.” – Maya Angelou

i g n o r a n c e, a contagious disease turning specks of stars to stones, burning bridges of life, locked with names engraved in gold and glitter, leaving a s k y of sorrow filled with ashes, singing haunting lullabies to the grieving galaxies, as if there is no space in the city of the clueless, where walls are painted with black diamond tears. O watercolor forests, where the moon sails above trees of tranquility~ every raven has a nest to rest when cold is the wintry eye, roaming through dark alleys where twilight sighs, reverberates, and colors rise, awakening hibernating rivers~ free-flowing like fine wine. and here I weave heartbeats with herbs of h o p e, longing to waltz through a sphere that sees beyond skin and i n k ... You and I, letting go of foolishness, no longer spectators of actors, dressed for a carnival of chaos. I am not your defined nightmare, echoing paranoia. I am the silhouette of sunsets, shaped in clover green, signs of p e a c e. I serenade for the weak, with lyrics of love amidst a choir of integrity. see me as I am~ I am more than the tale within narratives you’ve long been taught… illuminate your eclipsed soul with sparks of c o m p a s s i o n, erasing egoistic stains pulsating within veins of vanity, for I breathe lilac and lavender, drizzling from a lantern-filled horizon, like jasmine raindrops t w i r l i n g and s w i r l i n g in tune to the rose rhapsody of symphonic serenity. Yet silence is the dialect that speaks~ to sins that dwell within insensitive soils, pushing roots to s w e l l in musical delirium.

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Date: 2/15/2025 12:07:00 PM
IE, no question that the insensitive souls are not hearing the pleas from the rest of us for reason and compassion. We're seeing it here more each day. Some wonderful people are often subjected to cruelty and it's such a shame. I'm thinking the perpetrators of darkness need to learn a big lesson about humanity, society, and Mother Nature.
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Date: 2/14/2025 3:41:00 PM
Very well said... Inky. With Ignorance, one may forget how to fly. Another may think he is a penguin when he is an eagle. Lovely curated words. "as if there is no space in the city of the clueless, where walls are painted with black diamond tears." Great work of art.
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Date: 2/14/2025 1:47:00 AM
Ignorance and prejudice are fatal if not corrected in time. Thus the poem urges us to have compassion and integrity. A poem so rich in metaphors, emotions and imagery. Always the best.
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Date: 2/14/2025 7:04:00 AM
Thank you for your kind and thoughtful comment dear victor, always grateful for your kind support
Date: 2/14/2025 1:12:00 AM
Well said right from the start. The opening stanza really defines your poem and what the point is. Congratulations
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Date: 2/14/2025 7:08:00 AM
Thank you for your visit and kind comment , grateful
Date: 2/13/2025 8:15:00 PM
"I am the silhouette of sunsets, shaped in clover green, signs of p e a c e. I serenade for the weak, with lyrics of love amidst a choir of integrity." Ratify your statement, dear Empress. You always serenade for the weak. You sing lyrics of love with integrity. Let me be short this time. Sweet friend, keep shining as a star in the poetic firmament !
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Date: 2/14/2025 7:15:00 AM
Thank you so much, whether short or long i always feel the sincerity of your poetic presence and im truly grateful for your kind support
Date: 2/13/2025 7:22:00 PM
Dearest Inky - you have an amazing talent and it begins to truly glow when you stray from the modifiers as you mostly have here (especially indoor first and third stanzas) - I'm truly your biggest fan and envy your creative perceptions!
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Date: 2/14/2025 7:20:00 AM
Dear craigsz, i really appreciate you commenting on this poem that means alot, thank you so much for your kindness and to read that you are my biggest fan made my day! Thats too kind coming from an experienced and talented poet like you. Im truly honored and humbled. Thank you so very much always
Date: 2/13/2025 5:53:00 PM
‘I serenade for the weak, with lyrics of love amidst a choir of integrity’… such beautiful word weaving!!! Very nice poem.
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Date: 2/14/2025 7:24:00 AM
Dear Robert, Thank you so very much for your constant support on my poems, and for being so kind! Im always grateful.
Date: 2/13/2025 9:40:00 AM
I like "to sins that dwell within insensitive soils, pushing roots to s w e l l" beautiful - <3
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Date: 2/14/2025 7:34:00 AM
Thank you for your comment
Date: 2/13/2025 1:23:00 AM
wonderful, i agree ignorance leads to disease, very subtle poetry that convey fair emotions, thanks poet for the jewel
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Date: 2/14/2025 7:37:00 AM
Thank you for your thoughtful comment, grateful always for your support
Date: 2/12/2025 8:57:00 PM
While describing ignorance a desease the poem explores the idea of illuminating an eclipsed soul very nicely.
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Date: 2/14/2025 7:38:00 AM
Thank you so much for your mindful and kind feedback, grateful always for your support
Date: 2/12/2025 7:48:00 PM
Sometimes your poetry almost read like music, I hear your melody loud and clear each time you poetize like this, love it !
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Date: 2/14/2025 7:39:00 AM
Thats so sweet of you to say kind rose, thank you so much for your thoughtful and uplifting comment: grateful always for your support
Date: 2/12/2025 2:02:00 PM
Amazing poem Ink, it's so important to think past rhetoric and see other perspectives. Fave.
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Date: 2/14/2025 7:45:00 AM
Thank you so very much dear DD, for your wise comment and also for the fave. Im grateful truly!
Date: 2/12/2025 12:35:00 PM
The hardest thing is to have a friend, a friend who is always there for me, but who unfolds with unreasonable prejudice. It is difficult to say goodbye. I like this poignant message in your poem.
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Date: 2/14/2025 7:45:00 AM
Thank you dear hilda for your comment and poetic presence . Grateful
Date: 2/12/2025 7:42:00 AM
"singing haunting lullabies to the grieving galaxies," -- Penetrating imagery. "every raven has a nest to rest when cold is the wintry eye," -- for those who will settle for sound twigs, and not mansions, work a bit to gather, seek to find a rightful place aloft, nature will provide. "Yet silence is the dialect that speaks~ to sins that dwell within insensitive soils, pushing roots to s w e l l in musical delirium." When words are spent, when temperatures are balmy breezes that touch and pass unnoticed -- love will embrace all who have learned its mystery beyond physicality. Well just too many lines in this fine work to comment on all in the short space we are allowed here. So, FAV says it all. Brava!
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Date: 2/14/2025 7:53:00 AM
This really is such a kind comment so detailed and thoughtful dear joe, unfortunately we live in a world that refuses to see beyond what they think they know: im so grateful for fave and detailed comment once again: thank you so much
Date: 2/12/2025 6:58:00 AM
Sadly mankind never learns, casting accusations before finding out the truth. Rumours start and the mob mentality kicks in. Prejudice along with ignorance plays a big part. What a sad world we live in. Tom
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Date: 2/14/2025 7:54:00 AM
So true and couldn have said it any better dear tom; thank you so very much for your kind comment, im grateful for your support always
Date: 2/12/2025 5:12:00 AM
turning specks of stars to stones, burning bridges of life, damn look at that flowwww … singing haunting lullabies to the grieving galaxies,.. mmmm .. watercolor forests, where the moon sails above trees of tranquility… damn I love that line!!! Absolutely stunning! I am not your defined nightmare, echoing paranoia…. Mmmmhmm amen!!!! I am the silhouette of sunsets, shaped in clover green,.. mmm the way u articulate the elements here.. an art of abstract … lantern-filled horizon,.. mmmm so sexaaaaay!!.. gorgeous weave papi…
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Date: 2/14/2025 7:54:00 AM
Hahah you are funny papi! Thank youuu
Date: 2/12/2025 4:31:00 AM
I absolutely resonate with the sentiments you've so intricately woven in these metaphorical lines! It's so ironic how prejudiced thoughts of the past and spread destruction in the president, with so much potential to ruin the future as well ~ I felt strongly by these lines where you've described how one is more than those previously described 'theories' and assumptions - "see me as I am~ I am more than the tale within narratives you’ve long been taught… illuminate your eclipsed soul with sparks c o m p a s s i o n," So poignant and evocative! So true, how ignorance can prove to be a fatal sin! Your expressions are beyond powerful here and you've stated some actual arguments to fight away those evils who tend to define one's presence by conservative ways.
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Date: 2/14/2025 7:56:00 AM
Dear sweet hiya; thank you so much for your kind and detailed and generous comment, i really am grateful for your empathetic response and for your time taken to grasp little details of what iv expressed here! You truly are so kind! Grateful always! Thank you so much again
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Date: 2/12/2025 4:38:00 AM
"every raven has a nest to rest when cold is the wintry eye, roaming through dark alleys where twilight sighs", "I serenade for the weak, with lyrics of love amidst a choir of integrity", "You and I, letting go of foolishness, no longer spectators of actors, dressed for a carnival of chaos" Some of the most magnificent lines here my dear fairy goddess!! This piece is one of my favourites from you now, incredibly crafted with fire depth! and loveee that quote by Maya Angelou!! Sending you so many best wishes and light always ~
Date: 2/11/2025 10:46:00 PM
Well said ! Couldn’t have said better
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Date: 2/14/2025 7:56:00 AM
Awwn dahlin im glad u thought so

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