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Peace? Prize
by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner → (All Poetry by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner)
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... Meanwhile, we as a Nation have never been more divided: ....

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Given an award for what he might do
down the road?  Meanwhile, we as a
Nation have never been more divided: 

the haves against the have nots:  the
Senate arguing with the House:  the
right opposed to the left:  the left

protesting the right:  the religious on
a collision course with those who are
not (and then splintering off into their

own little factions designed to exclude
all):  the thin adverse to the fat:  the
disabled battling the rest of society:

neighbor versus neighbor:  cold fronts
bumping heads with warm ones:  peace?
I think not.  Hell, we fight over who

should have won the damn game and
why.  No wonder there are wars and
rumors of.  Going on since time began.

(c) 2009, Karla Dorman (10/11)

 


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 Reviews of "Peace? Prize"
Reviewed by Sheila Roy
Reviewed on October 15, 2009
I laughed when I heard the news. I like how you expressed your opinion here. I think you're on to something:)
Sheila

Reviewed by Carol Grace
Reviewed on October 14, 2009
I love your words and the power behind your words. Glad I happened upon your site. Keep writing.

Reviewed by Cryssa C
Reviewed on October 12, 2009
Sad...that this is what the Nobel prizes are coming down to...
Sigh...
Cryssa

Reviewed by Gene Williamson
Reviewed on October 12, 2009
Makes sense, Karla. Is it not the American way? -gene.

Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan
Reviewed on October 12, 2009
well said and powerful indeed

Reviewed by Gianetta Ellis (Reader)
Reviewed on October 12, 2009
Generally, I like to steer clear of political commentary; however, like John Flanagan, I do admire your form.

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on October 11, 2009
Write on Karla! A peace prize for what? no one even knew who he was two years ago,they are trying to force us to like him and it won't work1
We have to speak out against him! I've written to congress etc to get him out of office!

Reviewed by Dawn Anderson
Reviewed on October 11, 2009
Powerful write, Karla.

Reviewed on October 11, 2009
you make a great point Karla, but we better hope Obama can make things better. And here's a fact, black men have been beaten thousands of years. Now a half blackman is in the white house, a white house setup for white males in a racist azz country. I was surprised he even won the peace prize, must less doing something about this crazy racist azz country. I still can't believe a black man is in the white racist house doing anything good, with all these behind the curtain kkk still around, cheers

Reviewed on October 11, 2009
Karla:
This is an excellent poem, and such a powerful truth, we really need to take stock of whats happening
In Christs Love
Michelle~

Reviewed by John Flanagan
Reviewed on October 11, 2009
Karla,
As an outsider - this isn't the first time I've said this - I feel obliged to steer clear of your national politics but I admire how well you articulate what you feel and how you read your own country and its workings and issues.

John

Reviewed by Wes Carter (Reader)
Reviewed on October 11, 2009
Karla, that pretty much sums it up for me. I was not nor am I now a Bush supporter. But I also have a huge problem electing a President and awarding him a Nobel Prize based on promises instead of a track record.

I hope that he does well. I hope he turns our country around.

Reviewed by Mark Lichterman
Reviewed on October 11, 2009
Karla, great, strong words.
I'm not religious, but when I was a very untalented, unwilling care giver for my wife, I had really terrible thoughts about her and how I wanted this to end. My brother, who became a bit a Talmud scholar asked me, "Do you do what you can to help Maxine and to make her life easier?" "Yes," I said. "Then," he said, "remember, it's not what you think but what you do that God considers." I would imagine that the Nobel committee should have at least a shadow of that theory: It's not what you start but what you finish that counts! And so far as I'm concerned, Obama has done nothing! Really great write, Karla.
Your friend in Southern California, Mark

Reviewed by Paul Berube
Reviewed on October 11, 2009
God have mercy on the USA.

Reviewed by George Ellison (Reader)
Reviewed on October 11, 2009
Are you attributing our divisive state to this president? Others have been awarded the NPP based on similar reasoning. Division comes from being closed off in your own little world of limited ideas. Open up. Someone once said it best: be the change you want to see in this world. Political poetry does not help.

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on October 11, 2009
Nero is . . . Well, you know . . .

Reviewed on October 11, 2009
I love this poem Karla. They should have awarded him the "Piece" prize.

Reviewed by Kate Burnside
Reviewed on October 11, 2009
... well, he's bringing about a sense of peace and liberation for the gays in the military, so guess that's a start! :)) Don't worry... I'm already ducking! xxx

Reviewed by Georg Mateos
Reviewed on October 11, 2009
Sorry, I misunderstood, peace price? I was so happy cos I thought it was pizza price!

Georg


Reviewed by Patrick Granfors
Reviewed on October 11, 2009
Hell, we fight over who

should have won the damn game and
why. No wonder there are wars and
rumors of. Going on since time began

Therein lies the problem. The only thing that changes is the accuracy and the price tag of the weapons. Patrick

Reviewed by Lori Moore
Reviewed on October 11, 2009
I want a Pulitzer for what I might do… I’m going to write a book on the downfall of the American constitution that began in 1788. Sorry, I was sidetracked. Many Nobel Peace Prizes have been given on a similar basis. This is not new. I don't think he deserved it, but I’ll also not let my general dislike for his policies destroy my knowledge of history.

Reviewed by Peter Schlosser (Reader)
Reviewed on October 11, 2009
He gets a Nobel Prize for what he might do. We get thrown in jail for what we MIGHT do. Interesting world we live in.

Reviewed on October 11, 2009
Karla,

Wonderfully written, your words ring so true, unfortunately.

Mary

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on October 11, 2009
You make a great point that as a Canadian neighbour, I am still failing to see what he has done to win this prestigious prize that so many deserving men and women were looked over for.

fee

Reviewed on October 11, 2009
People obviously voted with their hearts instead of using their brains. Why he got the prize is something I will never figure out or understand. You're right when you say "we as a nation have never been more divided." Seems everybody is against each other and is easily offended. Well done; brava!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your twin, Karen Lynn. :(

God help us all!!!!

Reviewed by Lisa Hilbers
Reviewed on October 11, 2009
Amen! I was just thinking the very same thing. Where in the hell did the Peace on Sunday morning go to? Even this day is filled with nothing but anxiety and anger.
I'm not sure how he managed to get the Nobel Peace Prize when we hadn't seen any yet!
Good writing Karla.

Lisa


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