Poetry Prompts Day 18 – OctPoWriMo 2016
Today’s prompt was senseless; form: free verse. I thought I didn’t have thoughts on senseless today until I looked at the newspaper. It set off a tirade.
Sense of Senseless?
Sometimes I forget
my anger bubbles too close
to the surface like magma
I just need one source of senseless
to set me off.
Steam emerges from orifices
cry, scream, disbelief.
Shall I tangle with senseless?
Let’s pat ourselves on the back:
so smart
so many achievements!
We’ve space flight, cell phones, jet liners,
tiny computers you need a microscope to see
but for all of this
we do stupid extremely well.
If you research, you’ll note
we create destructive forces
then treat ramifications.
Backwards much?
The proverbial closing of the barn door?
Radioactive sludge from decades old bomb making
leaching into soil to waterways.
Depleted ozone from hair spray tins.
Mass extinctions. Why?
Creatures were in our way,
of course.
Self-serving,
self-absorbed,
stupid, stupid, stupid.
Man walks into traffic while texting.
Person trips off cliff taking a selfie.
People want selfies with dolphin
it dies.
Man nails dog to a railway track.
Hate-based religions
share ignorance 24/7.
Back to the radioactive sludge
which exists because death was deemed a solution.
We may not be smart enough to realize
we do not have the right to decide
the fate of this world
its ecosystems
its beings
in which we are just one
infinitesimally small
fragment
of such great,
astounding
mind-boggling
breadth and beauty.
One day soon,
I hope
we surprise ourselves and
learn to love.
end 10/18/2016
S. Darlington
That about covers it! Well said.
Thank you. I didn’t even realize I had the rant in me this evening! How are you doing?
I’m ok. But glad you did the rant, it was justified and obviously warranted and I bet you feel better for it too. I loved it, thought it was wonderful myself.
I rant too on occasion, you may have noticed, and if a subject comes up close to my heart, any type of abuse, particularly, I would rant up a storm and scare everyone off. You were more refined in your rant hehe
I meant so send the entire thing, not just the 70 page allotment, but it’s entirely up to you. Oh and I have to thank you, because I’ve found some new authors I enjoy as a result of reading your blogs. Kudos
I owe you the edits I did. I don’t see how I’m going to be able to undertake any more until next year. I apologize. With writing, reading, and work (heh, the one thing I am paid to do) I’ve bitten off more than I can chew, probably. Let me send you the edits and then we’ll see where we are at.
I noticed Re today’s post how involved your life is. I can’t thank you enough for taking this on. It is so gracious and over and beyond with your schedule as it is that I’m truly humbled. I was hoping you could give me a mailing address. There is something I would very much like to send you. You are so gracious and very kind. It’s my honour and privilege to have met you. When your schedule relaxes a little more I hope to chat more. Please don’t worry about the edits, your way too bust
Y. I really wanted your take and you were kind enough to share that info. I am eternally grateful xoxo hope you have a relaxed week xoxo
I just wrote the post so everyone would know why I seemed partly (okay, more than) insane and might be virtually ignoring their posts, which I typically look forward to! It has occurred to me that I may *need* to read those posts to stay sane. We’ll see. 🙂 And, no, I will get those edits to you. I wrote them on notepaper as I was reading. Proofreading is both a good and a bad skill. lol
Hey, whatever works. I wrote a blog last night about how much I appreciate the writer here, but I had you in mind particularly, because you are so involved, and yet you give so much. I wanted you to know how appreciated you are! Your someone very very special. I think the world of you, and that doesn’t happen often. There are others here I appreciate, Elaine, Liza, Sheryl and you! What a wonderful group of women we have here.
wow! great company. and I know we all feel the same about you. such a great support to us all! 🙂
Thank you very much. That is very sweet of you. I seem to be drawn to very special people. We are lucky there are so many here that we invite into our home and whose company we thoroughly enjoy.