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By Di_Hard
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Some things will never change. At Summer's height
bright as a plastic butterfly, the Fair
unpacks on the Prom. Adult herring gulls
look sharp with dull feathers, fledgelings - big eyed
as waif like supermodels - beg for chips,
get waved away, "Go back where you belong!"
by parents who, minutes before, muttered
in disgust, pulling small children aside
from, entangled in sea weed on the beach,
bits of mangled wing and skulls of beings
who mate for life, protect each other's young,
yet couldn't help starving to death, because
all fry and shrimp and crab are gone, now. Far
across this sea, human victims of floods,
hurricanes, earthquakes and droughts, plead for scraps
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Comments
A powerful poem Di, you say
A powerful poem Di, you say so much here and leave the reader to contemplate.
Jenny.
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very powerful, as Jenny says.
very powerful, as Jenny says. One of your best I think Di
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I've read this a few times,
I've read this a few times, Di. It's excellent.
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They definitely won't feel
They definitely won't feel let down -- it's a belter.
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Congrats - this rich, multi-layered poem is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.
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Please do feel free to change
Please do feel free to change the image :)
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"plead for scraps of
"plead for scraps of helicopter hope..." A desolate message delivered so well in these words, Di. Super stuff. Paul :)
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Love the helicopter hope and
Love the helicopter hope and the way you have tried to connect seagulls with refugees and our attitudes to both....
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A truly multilayered and
A truly multilayered and skillful poem, Di, that conveys a deep and strong message.Well done.
Luigi x
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All the comments have said
All the comments have said what I felt- This is stark in its portrayal of humanity; the correlation of the ecological destruction and the frailty of man, these are days fraught with unprecedented global changes and in much need of helicopter hope.
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This wonderful poem is our
This wonderful poem is our Poem of the Week - beautiful and moving.
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"This wound in humanity" -
"This wound in humanity" - stunning. Congratulations on a well deserved award.
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The contrast between the
The contrast between the plastic, the throwaway consumer society and the grim realities of life, pushed into the backs of our minds by the gaudiness of the Fair, is portrayed with subtle power and heightened by the last lines which create a circular reference to the Fair and the unjustness of it all.
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