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Defiance
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"You will never shut me up nor shut me down"


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Defiance

against one who has wronged me: for those who have not

Shallower people from sunnier climes
Dismiss my poems as "nursery rhymes"
But I construct these puzzles anyway
Word-games which all are invited to play

When I was shallower and sunnier
Mocking old poets seemed much funnier
And yet the joke is on you (if you do)
As it was once on me
Because I know how to do (but do you?)
A few things you might never understand
As some reading agree

I will be around if you need a hand
And I am not offended
(Anymore)
What you started I ended
(At your door)
Poetry is my neighborhood my town
You will never shut me up nor shut me down

Now just one more time
(Although you cannot appreciate it)
A nursery rhyme
(And oh how you know you love to hate it!):

Poetry is my neighborhood my town
You will never shut me up nor shut me down

+Steven Curtis Lance



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 Reviews of "Defiance"
Reviewed on January 14, 2007
YOu got it writing bro-
YOu will NEVER Shut me down or shunt me up
Writing is in our blood!
This again sits deeply in my heart~
Great poem Steve!
WArm HuGs,Warrior Sheee

Reviewed by Marguerite Lemoine
Reviewed on January 13, 2007
I agree--you will never shut me up or shut me down lil flower


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