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Best Atavistic Poems


Atavistic Attitudes
I heard a story of a land
Where tolerance was all,
As one they lived together
Whatever creed or call.

Homophobia and misogyny
Xenophobia and distrust,
Those atavistic attitudes
Were crumbled into dust.

Of course 'tis but a fairy tale
But that it could be,
This world would be a pleasant land,
Where empathy runs free....

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Categories: atavistic, together, trust, truth,
Form: Rhyme
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David J Walker

A one-world lonely drop
	One word then two

From a pile of past important papers 
Pinned in the permanent ink of

atavistic fears and instincts 

picking
	three words then four

voices heard
	unseen 
in a perturbed 
rebirth of a past
manuscript 

what has she seen 
	and when did...

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Categories: atavistic, allegory, character, mystery,
Form: Rhyme

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