Amelioration Nation (poem) by Ronald W. Hull on AuthorsDen

Reviewed by La Belle Rouge Poetess Of The Heart

Reviewed on November 19, 2015

You are so perceptive Ron, this is the direction we are headed. I remember that movie, it was a shocker. Congrats on your winning work for the Halloween challenge.

Reviewed by Regis Auffray

Reviewed on November 18, 2015

I wonder if you used the word "amelioration" to capture the attention. It certainly did mine as I read through your apt and timely verses, Ron. I would like to be optimistic about the world's (our nations too) condition but I am finding it harder to do so as time goes by. Love and peace,

Regis

Reviewed by Andy Turner

Reviewed on November 15, 2015

Less 1984 and more Aldous Huxley. We are too preoccupied with toys failing to notice the perils that surround us.

Scarily poignant.

Reviewed by D. Vegas (Reader)

Reviewed on November 9, 2015

Congrats on winning the Halloween contest...Yes, " Soylent Green, " will be next, Enjoyed.

Always,
Deborah

Reviewed by William Bonilla

Reviewed on November 9, 2015

I saw soylent green where the dead became a not too tasty treat
Also remember the cheese lines provided for the ones that were promised
A chicken in every pot..... By the liberals

Reviewed by Mr. Ed

Reviewed on November 9, 2015

Sucking along on the corporate tit.
one-size-fits-all is what to get.

So damned sad what has happened to far too many of us, including most of our so called 'leaders' today, who seem to now love that corporate tit above all else.

Reviewed by Mary Ann Biddinger

Reviewed on November 8, 2015

~Ron~
Interesting write.

Lady Mary Ann

Reviewed by Jon Willey

Reviewed on November 8, 2015

Ron, I like the premise you preface the poem with but admit to a bit of dissonance with your use of amelioration in the title and ameliorated in the third stanza. My foggy recollections of the word are, to make something better, improve it or make it more tolerable. I certainly enjoyed the poem and what I feel you intended it to convey. Help me with the definition I must have missed something. May love and peace be always with you my dear friend. Jon Michael

Reviewed by Ed Matlack

Reviewed on November 7, 2015

I thought the word Amelioration meant getting for or to the better but from the reviews I don't see it as such...all seem to think that our nation is NOT getting better, or am I wrong, my definition of the the word off kilter...either way, I enjoyed this write as I enjoy all you do when you put pen to paper, as it were...-e-

Reviewed by John Carlson

Reviewed on November 7, 2015

Am I to gather you are a fan of the obamanable snowman?

John

Reviewed by Jane Noponen Perinacci

Reviewed on November 7, 2015

Oh, that movie was an eye opener!!!! Yes, it is here!!! I enjoyed your poem.

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Miller Caldwell

Reviewed on November 7, 2015

That bowl of Gruel was only half full
But enough to make one ill
Your poem amused with a great notion
Colour of gruel is the pill
While we better ourselves with lotion.

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton

Reviewed on November 7, 2015

Oh, for sure it is already here. Maybe I lived a life of extremes, and maybe my extremes were not thought out so well, but still, I sit here commenting on your important poem knowing I did not always color between the lines . . . That causes a smile to grace my face.

Reviewed by Eva Pasco

Reviewed on November 7, 2015

When you think of all the sensitivity issues and pussyfooting around by watering things down to gruel in the name of semantics and political correctness--it's already here!

Reviewed by Kathleen McDonald

Reviewed on November 7, 2015

I remember that movie too. Scary. Liked your write Ron.

hug
Kathy

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com

Reviewed on November 7, 2015

If only your nonsensical poem weren't paradoxically so sensical.