SydneyVictoria "Sonnet X: Genocide"
Tell Me, How Much Pain Can One Tear Contain?
What Is It Like To Stare In Hungry Eyes?
What Is It Like To Only Own A Name?
What Is It Like To Feel Cruel Genocide?
Children Watch As Their Mothers Slowly Fade,
Mothers Watch As Their Daughters Slowly Starve,
A Father Watches His Son Go To Trade,
As Tears Travel Down The Gully They've Carved
Haunted Eyes Softly Whisper To The Sky,
Disease Scuttles Through Brittle Broken Bones,
Hours Fill Their Schedule On Which They Cry,
As They Shuffle With Bare Feet On Small Stones
What Is It Like To Own Unearthly Eyes?
Why Does Our World Still Harbor Genocide?
What Is It Like To Stare In Hungry Eyes?
What Is It Like To Only Own A Name?
What Is It Like To Feel Cruel Genocide?
Children Watch As Their Mothers Slowly Fade,
Mothers Watch As Their Daughters Slowly Starve,
A Father Watches His Son Go To Trade,
As Tears Travel Down The Gully They've Carved
Haunted Eyes Softly Whisper To The Sky,
Disease Scuttles Through Brittle Broken Bones,
Hours Fill Their Schedule On Which They Cry,
As They Shuffle With Bare Feet On Small Stones
What Is It Like To Own Unearthly Eyes?
Why Does Our World Still Harbor Genocide?
This poem was the one that struck my interest due to the fact that it made me think of something. Something that is to me, a topic to want to understand yet I found no answer. This poem to me has one meaning and that meaning is how genocide will affect life, not just one life but the life of the entire place that it has occurred. This poem is based on how genocide affects/ deteriorates ones way of life. This is why I chose this poem.
Mike you seem you have a lot of feeling behind what you write but you haven't actually said very much. Saying something is deep or meaningful isn't enough, you need to explain WHY you think that. What do you think the words/lines refer to? What images does the poem evoke for you? How specifically do you connect it with the movie Hotel Rwanda (beyond that they both say the word genocide?) You need to work through the details slowly and carefully to make YOUR contribution to the poem post more meaningful.
ReplyDeleteI understand what you mean and I understand the errors I have made I will fix them as soon as I can. Thank you for saying that I do need to add more detail and I will.
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