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Do We
by Kate Burnside → (All Poetry by Kate Burnside)
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In hip-hop mood, sort of...


DO WE


Do we share blood?
Umbilical link
keeping us pink?
Do we share think?

Do we share breath?
The in-and-out stuff,
each drag and each puff.
Do we say enough?

Do we share lives?
Some uncanny pull
making us full?
Do we blend soul?

Do we walk the one road?
Whoop of good news,
same shade of the blues?
Do we share shoes?

Do we share death?
Pull of the plug
by love or by thug,
toking same drug?

At the end of the day,
isn’t it true to say
we’re all one
in our alone-ness?

 

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 Reviews of "Do We"
Reviewed by Andy Turner
Reviewed on October 29, 2014
Indeed, I think we are all one in our aloneness/alonemess.
Sprightly written with such delightful upbeat rhyme and meter.
I'm in da groove.

Reviewed by Michael True
Reviewed on September 26, 2014
If we are part of everything then everything is a part of us. Humans so want to be a part of the the collective and yet at the same time we so want to insist on our uniqueness, insisting on social "better than" parameters. We are a strange lot. M.True

Reviewed by Debby Rosenberg
Reviewed on September 16, 2014
ahh, music to my ears - love it

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on September 15, 2014
I find this so very meaningful, Kate. I love the beat (rhythm), the rhyme, the way it flows and expresses the way things are... ...and yet, it still makes me think of possibilities but then, I do feel a reawakening these days. I hope I don't get let down. You grabbed me by the heart/soul with this one, Kate. Thank you! Love and best wishes to you,

Regis

Reviewed on September 12, 2014
I think we do.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on September 12, 2014
That was really cool! Reminds me of beat, rather than hip-hop. But then it does have a hip-hop rhythm to it that would get jittery drug addled ravers going nowhere fast.

Ron

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on September 12, 2014
excellent ... love the rhyme, rhythm and message of this poem ... simple yet sophisticated ...

Reviewed by Jansen Estrup
Reviewed on September 12, 2014
Perhaps that is our reason for existing; to cope with and come to grips with the ordeal of being alone, for surely that is what we fear most and fantasize most about, even to impossible outcomes like basking at the feet of eternal light (in life we would call that sleep deprivation and torture) or being attended day and night by dozens of virgins (an infantile Paradise) - you poets come very close to resolving the cruelty for the rest of us. Casting laughter, even scornful laughter at our fate strengthens our resolve. Thanks.

Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on September 12, 2014
Yet another thought provoking piece, Kate.

Reviewed by Dayvid Graybill
Reviewed on September 11, 2014
Kinda whimsical with serious questions. It made me think....and smile!

Peace,
Dayvid

Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on September 11, 2014
I find it to be true, with regards our alone-ness...-e-

Reviewed by George Carroll
Reviewed on September 11, 2014
I think so as feelings are shared equally.

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on September 11, 2014
Listen to this for sure . . .
Don't get into a fret
Cause you know what you'll get
If it puts you in a sweat
We'll just catch the next jet

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com
Reviewed on September 11, 2014
An insightful view of what far too many delude themselves into thinking doesn't exist, i.e., this aloneness, which if managed with healthy attitude, is quite rewarding...even with one's muse sitting across or beside one all the time requesting a bit of exchange.

Reviewed on September 11, 2014
Very good, sounds like a Dr. Suess rhyme...

I really liked this.

Love and Light,
Lily


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