The Knicks parade was on TV
And that was close enough for me.
I cannot even blame my age;
I’ve hated crowds at any stage.
Yet for the celebrants, most young,
They loved it all, to be among
Their fellow fans, all there to cheer
Their favorite moment of the year.
To see their heroes and unite,
No politics, which might incite
Divisiveness, so very wrong
When fans all seem to get along.
The festive spirit will not last,
For from examples in the past,
We know it isn’t “if” but “when”
Hostilities will rise again.
In the distant islands of the sea,
the big crocodiles are very happy;
They swim in the flood of corruption,
as strong typhoons drown the nation.
In the far east where injustice prevails,
one dream of prosperity just fails;
The nature points its finger of ire
to the vultures with evil desire.
Bridges fall having no heavy load,
earthquakes shatter each and every road;
Exposing the unseen ghost project
and shoddy flood control that can’t protect.
Divisiveness creates doubt and fear,
investors want to disappear;
Economy is in the brink of fall,
threatening not to rise at all.
Poor people suffer, they cannot find
transparency and peace of mind;
Genuine justice is nowhere in view,
accountability fades into the blue.
But there’s still hope glimmering ahead,
to calm the heart before going to bed;
Crying in the wilderness is the voice
of truth that makes mankind rejoice!
Unity must reclaim
Instead of all this divisiveness. The
Narrative is destroying democracy, and the truth is becoming
Invisible as it is being used as a weapon,
To be destructive to
Everybody's freedoms. We are heading towards a
Dystopian world and this
World is now stepping closer as we
Elect our crisis to the popularity seen within our peers, A
Mass mind control that leads to a division.
Unification is needed, so
Society can remain unbroken, and stay
True to itself. As humans we must not
Slide into the abyss or
The darkness. The
Apocalyptic aftermath of this divisiveness must remain in
Netherworlds fire. As a society we must not be
Defeated!
Please Help Me
Beat Down The Oppressors.
The Goal is for the Oppressors to fall.
Please help me help others to see
That What this Lonesome world needs is More love and less Malice,
More Unity and less Division and divisiveness and or Deviousness;
More Honesty and less Hypocrisy.
Dear Glory
In America, today has been declared ' Flag Day'.
I join in this declaration to honor and salute you.
Some in my generation have at times burned you.
I am deeply grieved by such displays of disrespect.
Old Glory, please be informed that on this day, June 14,
2025, there are several flags placed on my property.
Certainly, in America as in every country, there are
people of many stripes. Indeed, there are the good,
the bad, and the ugly. In my mind, you represent
a nation of 'good people'. I will not allow the negatives
to blind me of the myride of positivities in America.
Old Glory, when I pause and gaze upon you, I do not
see red states and blue states. Although my eyes
are often clouded by storms of divisiveness, I still
see within the eye of our storms "One Nation, Under
God, Indivisible, With Liberty And Justice For All".
So Glory, again I honor and salute you for all the
good that you represent. Blessings continually.
Sincerely, Sitruc.
I won't pick out one special Poetry Soup poet
None of us are worthy of being a poet Laureate
Choosing just one who has skills shouldn't be a goal
It's like separating a favorite sheep from the foal
Saying its wool has the most beautiful fleece
doesn't seem to be the right way to have peace
There are many poets who write with quality
and if I choose only one, I'd owe an apology
to those I didn't honor by using their name
I don't want to be guilty and won't take the blame
for entering any contest on Poetry Soup
that might hurt someone's feelings in the group
Picking a favorite could cause further division
I don't think alienating any poet is a good decision
Congrats to those who earn it with great writing
No one deserves to be overlooked by slighting
It's my opinion so I have the freedom to say
If peace is to exist in PS, it won't be found this way
Some great poems are written as lyrics to a song
but naming one above the others seems wrong
Tell those you admire by making kind comments
Prevent hurt feelings and ill will before it ferments
Such divisiveness might hurt another poet's heart
It's not pleasant to taste buds, too sour and too tart
Trump Nose Always Knows
Huge Trump nose grows long
when he will sing same old song
cheats playing ping pong
must be more direct
divisiveness and disrespect
from bottom select
always to annoys
likes to make much noise
bias employs
Trump always will rob
been calling things a black job
sure is such a snob
Trump is terrible
thinks he is adorable
world deplorable
It matters not whether I sit, walk, or stand,
I feel the cloud of witnesses from the grandstand.
I do my best to understand, and I realize that God
is always extending his hands, but still, I see something
ahead and it looks like there's 'a sinking' in quicksand.
As I gaze upon this painful sight, I weep inside with
a prayerful plea, hoping enough others will someday see
the very same 'sinking' of America that I am sensing.
There's a longing in my soul that greed, pride, and
selfishness would flee, that common sense and
the common good will have their say before the
unimaginable awaken to rule the day.
So often, we stare at 'the sinking' and then we rise up
again to play, never realizing that 'the sinking' is our
'Wake-up call' and must compel us to love again and pray.
I pray that we will be enlightened by our history whose
stories are void of mysteries and whose light reveals
the curses of divisiveness, hate, and ignorance.
060724PS
In this open season of divisiveness and hate,
our President is being diminished like fish bait.
People forgetting his accomplishments and character traits.
They lack empathy for what's been on his plate,
show loyalty to the one facing a criminal fate,
that one who is afraid to debate: the liar,
the racist, the cheater, the snake.
The hot air balloon they elevate.
Dear Evangelicals,
Did you drink the Kool aid,
or perhaps it was the bleach?
Now wanting to reelect a President
who should have been impeached!
What about those values that Christ did teach?
May be you no longer care about the Capitol police..
This monied man, an immoral leader
whose prompted up by a massive maga meter..
Donald Trump is skilled at marketing his brand
and spreading his divisiveness where ever he can..
Christ over threw the money tables when in the
temple he went.
Donald Trump is not your savior.
He's no Clark Kent!
Some words mean something mean
Something else. Does that seem
Sensible to you? When you comprehend
Words well then there you have
Wealth. Is that clear to you?
You must have the knowledge, that
Divisiveness is against the populations
Excellent understanding. Just think
And think again. Think on think long.
I think that is the only solution to
All challenges confronting humanity
Today. Thinking IS the WAY. I think
So. I think I am I exist I am being.
The BEGINNING OF ALL HUMAN
BEINGS. I THINK THEREFORE I AM.
TAI -- Think about it.
I THINK THEREFORE I AM
Freedom to speak.
Freedom to lie.
Freedom to covet and justify.
Freedom to bully.
Freedom to buy.
Freedom to exploit the little guy.
Freedom of power.
Freedom to reach.
Freedom to rally with hate speech.
Freedom to love.
Freedom to hate and
freedom to state divisiveness makes America great.
If humans must wage war,
let it be upon our own evils.
Let there be genocide on
violence and divisiveness,
malice and indifference,
prejudice and inequity,
foolishness and falsehoods.
If humans must make weapons,
let us weaponize goodness,
arm ourselves with love,
beat peace into plowshares,
and (nearly) kill with kindness.
Such are the wonder weapons
we humans of the world want.
a clear definite disregard
towards our relationship
your smirks and twitches
jives against our togetherness
it revivals all those worded commitments
centered around us as partnership
these happenings creates divisiveness
your aren't acting in the interest of
your spouse
then where does your loyalty lay
I am neither first or mention
in your concern
wanr her: warn her
my wife is a
cucumber farmer
Elle twerkait das un champ concombre
nous y travaillie pendant les etes
She said Wlatz let me dance!
Here appears diversity and divisiveness --
Similar words with different meanings,
I must not allow them to come between
Those folks who exhibit different leanings.
Diversity is a good thing, expanding my mind
Divisiveness frequently foments contention,
While it seeks to enforce its firm beliefs
Often giving no opposing views attention.
Diversity must be differences understood
And appreciated as a part of our culture,
Not thinking of differences as dividing
But enriching, becoming part of our nature.
I can never see everything as others do
For I am constantly formulating my ways
But I will try my best to understand you
And accept you, as you are … always!
Written October 4, 2022
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