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Why Oh Why Seren Roberts and Tim Smith

Why oh Why

A Collaboration between Seren Roberts, Tim Smith and Arthur Vaso

Poem inspired by Seren Roberts

Each poem written from a different view
The Murderer
The Murdered
The Mannequins who witnesses the crime


Why of Why
Lovers Die
Mannequins Cry


Sat, with his head in his hands
Remembering how love had once been,
Now, because of his stupidity 
He was on his own, solitary again

Remembering, how love had been,
Behind the bars he now calls home
He was on his own as before and again,
Realizing, he was such a petty bitter fool

Behind the bars he now calls home
His mind, aflame with tears of regret
Realizing he was an utter fool,
To have stabbed her to death in a bloody pool

 His mind aflame, with deep regret
 Why... did he buy a knife that day...why?
 To have stabbed her to death
 Cause she had given love another try.

Oh how he wishes, its he that had died


Lovers Die

I linger with the scent of flowers
cascading over what was once spring showers

Your red hands drip   passion
long since cooled
darkness surrounding you has lifted
and only I can see the light

Why couldn't you leave
a girl clamoring to be free
dressed in a burnt orange skirt
driven to the stake with your hurt

Words were written on the wall
but all you did was erase it all
Twisted   as the knife turns
in a cell    your hell burns


Mannequins Cry

We have no faces
We have no voices
You think we have no feelings
You see us as objects in commercial spaces

We saw the hidden knife unfold
We saw the young ones stabbed so bold
Pain is the emotion that frightens us all
Mannequins crying, tears running as we see her crawl
 
When the blood flowed
When the redness of hate showed
We with no faces
Shed tears at the human disgraces

Such young love so brutally robbed
By the jealous and lonely one, made us all sob
He regrets I am sure the hate that overflowed
Life's so torn it can't be sown
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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De Beaulieu Avatar
October 29, 2016 at 2:04 PM
Arthur,this is a great poem.
Darling Avatar
October 15, 2016 at 1:09 PM
Love this dynamic poem!! ( : 7!
Olivera Avatar
October 15, 2016 at 12:17 AM
Congratulations ...nice flow
Williams Avatar
October 14, 2016 at 5:48 PM
Excellence from all three, the words melt my heart. Beautiful poems of the week I enjoyed it so.
U.D Palawon  Avatar
October 13, 2016 at 12:08 AM
Congrats on POTW! this is wonderful! :)
Nance Avatar
October 12, 2016 at 6:02 AM
So good to see your tri-perspective colaboration featured as poem of the week. Way to go the three of you!
Marcum Wong Avatar
October 12, 2016 at 4:22 AM
A fantastic collaboration from all three of you! Congratulations on poem of the week!
Allison Avatar
October 11, 2016 at 6:10 PM
Many many congrats Arthur Tim and Seren - very well deserved POTW!:-) hugs Jan xx
Kalicharan Avatar
October 11, 2016 at 4:46 PM
WOW!! Excellent!! Love how this tragedy was portrayed. Saving to my favs to read all three poets when I have more time... Jenni
Edwards-Gregory Avatar
October 10, 2016 at 4:25 PM
Exceptional on all three.... Congrats....
Duet Avatar
October 9, 2016 at 11:20 PM
Very interesting and unusual. I liked it very much and congratulations to you all. Carole
Roberts Avatar
October 9, 2016 at 2:58 PM
oh my didnt you do well lol....Seren
U.D Palawon  Avatar
October 9, 2016 at 11:29 AM
Congrats on POTW! :)
Y. Avatar
October 9, 2016 at 9:54 AM
This is a sad and well written collaboration . Congratulations to all three:-) Alexis
Gasun Avatar
October 7, 2016 at 8:50 AM
So sad and tragic. Llife's so torn it can't be sown. An excellent collaboration by the three amazing and very talented poets! Thank you so much for sharing and for your loving birthday greetings my dear friend, Art. More power and blessings! love and hug, Leonora
Manassian Avatar
October 6, 2016 at 10:29 PM
This is so sad...I followed the link. What is happening to this world we live in. You guys wrote the story well. In some way...their story will live on. I like what you did with it on your site, Arthur.
Sathasivam Avatar
October 6, 2016 at 6:31 AM
Such a tragic story. Both writers give us a heartfelt view of the story. Well penned. thanks for sharing it
May Avatar
October 6, 2016 at 5:12 AM
Each writer gives a heartfelt perspective to this tragic story with this collaboration
Chircop Avatar
October 6, 2016 at 2:53 AM
Such a tragic story so well set..I can see a story like this be made into a movie..Awhile ago a situation like this really happened on the isle.. A husband killed his wife who had a lover...while in their separation process..Now the daughter lost her mom to heaven and her dad to prison..Sometimes rage and emotion overcomes reason.Nobody deserves to die whatever the cause.Chilling poem..Very good.A fave
Chircop Avatar
October 6, 2016 at 2:58 AM
I love all the three..Now Im trying to guess which is Tim's Which is Serene.'s and Which is Arthur's: )
Chircop Avatar
October 6, 2016 at 2:55 AM
Oh now Im seeing the pic above..thought its fiction...I ll follow the link.
Allison Avatar
October 6, 2016 at 1:42 AM
Just read the blog and read these amazing poems - love the fact each is written from a different perspective - you need to get this sent to the local newspaper for publication!:-) hugs Jan xx 7 and fave
Smith Avatar
October 5, 2016 at 10:27 PM
You did a great job bringing this all together Arthur and those pictures are amazing. Thanks for asking me to be apart of this. Such a tragedy, three gone before they even had a chance to start.
Vaso Avatar
October 10, 2016 at 5:04 PM
Yes, well Seren was the inspiration! We just followed along for the ride!! :)
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