Try not to believe a one sided story
Before you decide to judge
Try not to form an opinion from another’s unkind words
Before you dismiss or hold a grudge
Do not believe what is so readily told to you
To deliberately name and shame
There are two sides to every story
Open your heart and mind before you defame!
I know there's something going on, no doubt
I'm wise enough to know what you're about
It's not pleasant dear, you must live with fear
That's sure to ruin time left on earth here.
I will keep my findings all to myself
You be the judge and jury to yourself
Maybe you have caused folk despair always
I don't know how you find peace in your days.
The day is coming that will seek you out
It’s something that you have to think about
We all arrive at the heavenly gate
Think about that before it gets too late.
Worst of all, is getting away with it
How do you sleep when stars and moon are lit
The man in the moon, angels in the sky
Must sadly shed tears of sorrow from high.
Heres looking right through to your heart
You who thinks yourself to be very smart
I won't name and shame, much as I'd like too
Know that someone's got the measure of you.
“Some folk may deceive folk upon Earth, but never God, He observes.”
For R . L
What you really want
Political Poetry Contest
26/03/2021
Politics L.M.H
Learn from your elders
a wise old Q-tip
When veryone gets treated equally
as an individual based on
this fact or premise
That one's deeds and actions
meeted out to other's are reciprocal
in kind
So cometh the day the good and
caring aretruly blessed and 1st in
every que
And those of opposite persuasion
hopefully have eye's to spare
Or in the back of their head
Answer the question
What i really want
Is like what Martin Luther King said
I also have a dream
For when the day comes when
a single politician or political
party
Makes and turns this vision of utopia
into a Boniface reality
And this question poses becomes
redundant
I hope this clears my politics up
First and foremost respect and
learn from your elders
And put to good use and
utilize their experience
and worldly knowledge
As it can only benefit future
generations to come
If god willing they have the
humility to listen
Rather than name and shame
oblivious to the facts
There is a guy whose first name is Dogde
His middle name happened to be Rodge
He got teased in School
The kids were cruel
Now he’s teaches ski at a ski lodge
*Inspired by Jan’s Name And Shame poem.
Alexis Y.
02/02/2021
By naming their little girl Boo
Her silly name caused a to do
At school Boo got teased
Her mother’s not pleased
New parents, please think a name through!
02/01/21
Got married, my surname’s now Cotton,
Our baby’s name can’t be forgotten,
We called her ‘ Polly Esther’
(I’m considered a jester)
My family thought we were rotten!
11/06/20
In the world of brain and pen,
of frivolous games,
things that bring shame,
things that make things insane,
let us mal-practice tame,
with the might pen,
to name and shame,
what a noble game,
with bullets spurted by the pen.
by Luckson Mupakamiso Makaya
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