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DO YOU HEAR IT
by John W Townsend → (All Poetry by John W Townsend)
Wednesday, October 21, 2015    Rated "PG" by the Author.
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The sad journey of many families.


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Do your hear it
listen
a baby cries,
then all of a sudden
the crying 
fades.
Then you see
a mother with her baby
both with smiles,
content
the baby
no longer cries.
That is all it took
to reassure a child
that everything was fine, 
yet harsh words purvey
in family life
as pressures multiply.
Too many pressures
economic
depressing,
children pressured
with
higher education.
Do you hear it
listen
an adult cries,
spirit broken
even though
they tried.
A failure 
they feel
towards their child,
not able to give them
a normal 
child's life.
This is our world
do you hear it
in the news,
do you see
refugee's
crying with their child,
unable to live
a normal
life....

 


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 Reviews of "DO YOU HEAR IT"
Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on October 21, 2015
Yes, there is much suffering both inside and outside family these days. But I would contend that the vast majority of families are doing quite well… Just not in the spotlight of the evening news.

Without a balanced view of the world, we are doomed to our own paranoia. Perhaps it is true that poets seem to have more paranoia than those not so expressive.

Ron

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on October 21, 2015
Oh, for sure I hear it, John. Things are just not quite right with the world.


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