AuthorsDen.com   Join | Login    
Where Authors and Readers come together!

SIGNED BOOKS    AUTHORS    BOOKS    SAMPLE CHAPTERS    AUDIOBOOKS    eBOOKS    STORIES    ARTICLES    POETRY    BLOGS    NEWS    VIDEOS    SUCCESS    TESTIMONIALS

Featured Authors:  Neenah Davis-Wilson, iElla Rydzewski, iJennifer Miller, iJill Eisnaugle, iWilliam Potter, iChristine Boyce, iRaven West, iMargot Dillard, iPeter Jessop, iMr. Ed, i

  Home > Military > Poetry        Popular: Books, Stories, Articles, Poetry        Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z     

Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner

 Follow Me  

· Contact Me
· Sponsor Me!
· Articles
· Poetry
· News
· Stories
· Blog
· 3,370 Titles
· 56,897 Reviews
· Save to My Library
· Share with Friends!
·
Member Since: Dec, 2001

Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner, click here to update your pages on AuthorsDen.



Time For Change
by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner → (All Poetry by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner)
   Rated "G" by the Author.
Share   Print  Save   Follow   Share on Facebook

A rhyming rant...


Poem Artwork


... all's well, they say; they say
I'm better; say it's all
in the mind, the pain.  They
say I'm faking; they call

me malingerer.  Is
that so??  Why, then, do I
cry?  Why can't I sleep?  'Tis
so bad, I want to die

sometimes. They do not know
what I 've been through.  The damn
V.A. tells me to go
away, shuts the door, BAM!!!

I'm not the only one
that this has happened to:
this how we honor sons
and daughters who've served, who

deserve only the best?
It's time for change. Time we
say NO MORE, to protest!
in this land of the free,

to treat our Veterans
better than we have.  They've
earned that right.  Now:  what can
we do to help the brave?

(c) 2007, Karla Dorman (3/19)

 

Want to review or comment on this poem?


Need a FREE Reader Membership?


 Reviews of "Time For Change"
Reviewed by Henry Stevens
Reviewed on March 23, 2007
Yup, it's always been the same. Shortchange the Vet. s/henry

Reviewed by Jane Wallace (Reader)
Reviewed on March 21, 2007
Right On, Karla !!


Jane

Reviewed by Mary Patterson
Reviewed on March 20, 2007
Well said Karla.. I hope many read this . It says it all! Thanks for your kind reviews and those for my good friend , Jane....M

Reviewed by Kate Burnside
Reviewed on March 20, 2007
((((((((((((((((standing 0 ))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Let's hear it the world over... I'm sure it mostly applies... xoxoxoxoxo

Reviewed on March 20, 2007
What else can i say but that your writing is just fabulous as you spill out what you feel and want to say. It was a pleasure to read fine work as yours and thanks for sharing this with us all here on the den.

Reviewed by D Johnson
Reviewed on March 20, 2007
Karla, Excellent write...Truth in every word.

Thanks
Dan

Reviewed by Carole Mathys
Reviewed on March 20, 2007
Excellent piece Karla...you go girl
love and peace,
Carole~

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on March 20, 2007
Well said Karla, too often our best young people are the ones who end up maimed physically and emotionally from wars fought that we really had no business fighting only to be treated worst then the people of the countries they fought to liberate of injustice. Time for a change is right.

Fee

Reviewed by Randall Barfield
Reviewed on March 20, 2007
if enough people come through on threatening to oust negligent members of Congress, action will be taken! however, it's sad how many citizens don't even bother to vote.

Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on March 20, 2007
this how we honor sons
and daughters who've served, who
deserve only the best?

Very sadly, and very shamefully, this is how our government has treated our valiant veterans for far far too long a time.

Reviewed by Georg Mateos
Reviewed on March 20, 2007
In the name of all my brothers and sisters...thank you very much!
Semper Fi
Georg

Reviewed on March 20, 2007
Karla,

Rant on, baby girl; I hear ya...it is time for a change to treat our vets (including yourself) with the respect and dignity they so rightfully deserve! How the vets are being treated currently is a travesty; it's time we wake up and see what we are doing to our brave men and women! I am sorry you have had to endure shoddy treatement from a callous government; this should not be!! Powerful, needed call for change; brava! (And thanks for serving in the Air Force; you are a true American Hero!) *SALUTE*

(((HUGS))) and much love, your twin sister, Karen Lynn. :( >tears! <

Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on March 19, 2007
Excellent rant......and it is a crime what I hear is happening.

Reviewed by Jibril Mohamed
Reviewed on March 19, 2007
Veterans gave their lives to protect their country. They need sufficient recognition and compensation for the sacrifices they made. I am really sory for the current state of affairs. It is inflicting pain on you. I stand firm by your side. Please keep voicing your sentiments and keep your hope very high.

Thank you my dearest Karla.

Abdullahi

Reviewed on March 19, 2007
I am with you a hundred percent, as you know, thank you for writing this and thank you for your service to our country, may the Lord bless you and keep you
God Bless
Michelle~

Reviewed by Karen Palumbo
Reviewed on March 19, 2007
A poem that touches the heart! I completely agree, something needs to be done and NOW. Our military on food stamps? Housing that should be condemned? Poor to none medical. This is a travesty and must stop.
Be safe,
Karen


New Poetry by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner
Popular Poetry (Military)
  1.  Winter is Coming...
  2.  It's Poppy Time Once More
  3.  I Do it Because of Love
  4.  The History of Veterans Day
  5.  Doc Boink hits a CAT (1967)
  6.  Our Flag
  7.  Cardboard Box
  8.  Military-Industrial Complex
  9.  Why He?
  10.  My Beloved
  11.  Walking Soldier
  12.  A Salute to Veterans
  13.  Ghosts on the Wind
  14.  Tears
  15.  Duty and Passion
  16.  Help Save-A-Vet
  17.  Day of Infamy
  18.  Too Hard To Say Goodbye
  19.  Day of Remembrance
  20.  The Least We Can Do
Free Book Review Program
Select a book to read and review today!

Bloodstained Sea: The U.S.Coast Guard in the Battle of the Atlantic 19 by Mike Walling

Historic battles, daring rescues, and covert missions—the untold story of the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II  
Member BookAds

Armageddon: Book III of the First Strike Series by Thomas Yeggy

Armageddon, a fact-based historical novel, is the third book of The First Strike Trilogy: A high-stakes race against time and politics unfolds in this gripping historical account of SIOP-62, revisit the tension of a pending nuclear attack, at a time  
Member BookAds

U S Chemical and Biological Defense Respirators by Kalikiano Kalei

An illustrated developmental history of the American military chemical and biological protective respirator for use against war agents, this work provides photographs of actual respirator specimens and several useful appendices, in addition to its en  
Member BookAds