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Anguish

by Odin odin@aflx.com — Read all 3,869 poems by Odin odin@aflx.com

Today’s Cohen hearing was both a political carnival of exploits, as well as a moving plea for sanity and honesty. (Image by poiliticus)

Wednesday, February 27, 2019


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Anguish

 

Anguish knows no limits.

 

Passing from human to human,

it behaves like a seasonal leaf trying to hold on,

passing its shudder as nature’s vulnerability

to another, and another, until…

 

Suddenly there is a natural ballet of life,

one that asks its pro and con movements

be given attention for its blip of existence,

even as the whole tree of humanity wonders,

why is there no sign of wind?

 

Something from within is disturbed.

 

Oh, so much of humanity’s disorder

yet to be understood.



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Reviewed on March 3, 2019
Odin. I love the way you compared the antics of our government to a ballet. True, "Anguish knows no limits"!'

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on February 28, 2019
"There's a sucker born every minute." Attributed to PT Barnum. So, there are a lot of suckers out there who are attracted to gold over integrity, and Donald Trump, through his association with a shyster lawyer by the name of Cohn, not Cohen, learned the "Art of Making a Deal" (Trump's best-selling book) that is part of Machiavelli and part American gangster.

I read recently where the Republican Party has become a cult. They seem to have a carefully selected script or platform that is rigid and unmoving. So I was shocked when I saw them attacking Cohan's integrity which is already been quite wrongly convicted and sentenced rather than facing the facts that he was presenting that shows Donald Trump for who he really is. I would encourage everyone to view the documentary, The Trump Dynasty, being aired on A&E this week. I am watching it after the fact on demand on my computer.

Ron

Reviewed by Budd Nelson
Reviewed on February 28, 2019
I agree totally
budd

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on February 28, 2019
Politics. Humanity. Strange bedfellows.

Reviewed by A. Frailey
Reviewed on February 28, 2019
Shakespeare once said in effect (I can't write the exact quote...sorry) that upheavals in the Heavenly sphere mirror the turmoil of Earthly life. I suspect the same could be said for the human soul and politics. Or more simply...We are known by our fruit. Beautiful poem. Thanks for sharing.

Reviewed by William Bonilla
Reviewed on February 27, 2019
Thank you Odin

For this brilliant current event piece
Sometimes I think we are reliving McCarthyism
only the other side is running the show now
and we the public have to put up with all their
Ranting political nonsense

Peace be with you

William



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