Hate My Children Poems

One day after Earth Day…thinking about what Earth Day is celebrated for…
I’m also thinking about all the children on opposite sides of a war

Thinking of...

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The older I grow…the longer I’m on this spot 
I think our understanding about guardian angels needs to be re-thought.

We tend to think of our...

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Night Labor
by Michael R. Burch

for Rachel Corrie

Tonight we keep the flame alive;
we keep the candle lit.
We burn bright incense in your name
and swear we’ll not...

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I have been forced,
to love people I hate.
I wish I had,
only loving people around me.
My ego has been cut,
cut with a very sharp knife many...

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The Bitter Soil, Gaza 2024

Earth, Gaia, mother of us all
wars defile her sacred gifts
we sow the dead like seeds
reap a harvest from our guns

in this...

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Whenever did the waters change
And the moonlight cease to be enticing
And the cherry tree by the window
Not blossom enough

For you to have outspoken
All the kind...

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(Trigger SA)

To think we are related feels like a crime,
Knowing all those god awful things but doing no time,
Makes me feel sick to my stomach,
That...

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Our Children Will Accept Nothing Less
I believe climate change has us thinking more about our responsibility to all life on our planet.
I believe we can...

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"The Depths"

From the depths
silence.

Where 
are the voices
of other 
women?

In that other place,
the monsters violate, 
they take and take
bloody all, what they want

the dreams of women
are...

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Only a demon looks at children and feels hate.
Only a monster looks at innocence with a spate
of envious rancour, then mercilessly shoots
to kill, and laughs....

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The all Christian female pop group, Sunday's Children recorded their hit songs
on the same recording label as their secular revivals It's Just Our Destiny's.
Because of...

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In the depths of bloodied water
Laying in the sludge of misunderstanding
Where the mud of history buries itself
War awaits us all
Disguised and deeply present
Buried in the...

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Please keep your voice down
We don't want to wake up the kids
It's already taken a toll on them
That mum and dad are no more

They don't...

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as I see some children
forced to do hard works
in coltan and other illegal 
mines in DRCongo.
terrorise by some group of rebels
daily.
some United nations officials 
support...

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We teach our children the rights and wrongs
The correct way to behave and be
Manners, morals, fairness
Kindness and honesty

Be respectful to all of life’s creatures
Do not...

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