Humanities Challenge

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    If humanity is to survive individual action is mandatory.

    Humanities Challenge

    As I walk among the aimless crowds

    I see empty bodies draped in linen shrouds

    Some rushing on the road to nowhere

    Others moving as if totally unaware

    Life consumes the soul until nothing remains

    Suffocating the mind with unyielding chains

    The humanness that would save the world

    Is lost beneath evil’s cloak unfurled

    Can we shed these chains that bind

    And throw back the cloak that hinders mankind?

    The answer lies deep within each living being

    Looking outward without ever seeing

    It is within our power to purge evil from our midst

    So take up the sword and clinch your fist

    Swear to replace relentless need with a giving heart

    And love’s undying message you will soon impart.

     

     ©Copyright Charlie Gragg July 24, 2010              

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    sevyn7 commented on Humanities Challenge

    02-18-2011

    sometimes I do step back and take off my blinders, and see people walking aimlessly, like sheep in a herd, then I put my blinders back on, and went back to work. Great insightful poem.

    Hampton

    02/18/2011

    Thank you very much

    Olan01 commented on Humanities Challenge

    09-16-2010

    No truer words have ever been spoken, my friend, then these. It is the haunting of the species to walk blindly when we are gifted with three eyes; two to see with, one to guide.

    Hampton

    09/16/2010

    Thank you I appreciate your visit this day to my humble poems.

    Olan01

    09/16/2010

    You are a gifted poet and the honor is mine.

    ginga commented on Humanities Challenge

    07-30-2010

    Charlie, I felt a sense of dread at first wondering where this was going, and you wrapped it up in hope at the end. Impressive save! lol! ginga

    Hampton

    07/30/2010

    Thank you for the comment. As is the case with all such writes feelings vary from reader to reader. I am glad that the poem did not disappoint.

    icu2 commented on Humanities Challenge

    07-29-2010

    Nice! Kinda preachy baby...but it works! And I am sure you are aware (being the astute character that you are) that the bible is also called the sword. Great write.

    Hampton

    07/29/2010

    That I am. Thanks for reading.

    Charlie23 commented on Humanities Challenge

    07-27-2010

    I love the challenge you have presented within the poems message! Very well written poem as well!

    Hampton

    07/27/2010

    Thank you very much.

    Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

    Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.

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    Young Jimmy O’Fallon 11
    The Computer From Hell 18
    Life Ain’t for Sissies 16
    The Mind In Motion 13
    The Game of Poetry 9
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    WordSlinger 19
    Holiday Thoughts 12
    Sweet Mary 18
    From White to Grey to Black 19
    The Reckoning 12
    And All of That Jazz 16
    Today 25
    No Offense, Just My Opinion 16
    Lucky 10
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    The Female Gender 17
    I’m In Charge Here, Aren’t I? ( With Epilogue) 10
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    Remembering 11
    This Web We Weave 13
    The End 16
    The Day the Clouds Cried 16
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    A Cowboy's Perspective 12
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    The Man What Am 10
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    The Rainbow of Poets 19
    A Cowboy's Lament 13
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    The Wee People 19
    An Evening at an Irish Pub 15
    The Scent of Love 14
    Fresh News from Buda Texas 16
    Memories of Times Past 13
    The Dance of the Poets 20
    The Confession 14
    Road to Obscurity 18
    Barbara 14
    Shadows 15
    Prescience 17
    Words That Bind 54
    Wondering 26
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    A Cowboy’s Prayer 29
    The 9 ers 24
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