Note: Homo-sapiens (Latin: "wise person").
~
we spread seeds,
knowing, thinking, or hoping
they're not weeds...
wise... clever, indeed,
but clueless all the way.
~
we need
writers who don't believe themselves
to be more glorious than doctors,
and doctors who don't believe themselves
to be more glorious than writers...
~
people who can see beauty in accents,
and don't "call the whole thing off"
because pronunciation is arbitrary.
People who see culture in words
that "ain't" in the dictionary.
....
(instead of seeing keywords
to categorize "aliens" or "apes",
or "those who come to steal jobs"
or "those who come to invade")
~
We need
people who know some pasts are erased
from history books at the fair,
because a man without a name
never had a right or never had a pen.
~
Compassion, peace, tolerance, respect:
for THEir people and by THEir people.
~
We need to become humans who accept
they're not more glorious than humans,
And humans who understand
they're not more glorious than humans,
to have an idea of what it truly means to be human,
and
not
a stratified
piece
of one.
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ok right off the bat I had to reread this a few times out of confusion but its a good story that makes you think. I like how you used bolding and a strikethrough at points its really creative. once you get through the what exactly is he saying to the oh hay that's cute to wow that's deep. I really think you hit a great subject and that you can do so much more and I'm excited to see what that is no in fact I'm craving it. please continue this your an excellent writer who will fill this empty world with thoughts that will change it.
Thanks, jp. I appreciate your comment. :]
Just curious what kind of poetry format is this? It is really cool! I love it!
"Compassion, peace, tolerance, respect:
for THEir people and by THEir people." The copy and paste didn't work very well but I love the cross out and the boldness of THE. I interpreted it as we classify people as our own when we don't own anyone. They are their own person.
"People who see culture in words
that "ain't" in the dictionary." Are you saying that people with culture wouldn't put ain't in the dictionary? That part I liked and yet I was confused.
Over all I loved the poem. It was amazing, and a new kind of format that I have never seen before but I love it! You are an amazing writer and keep on writing!
Thank you very much, lovely. This is one very sweet comment.
That's what I believe, at least, as an academic.
This isn't an actual format; I enjoy not allowing what I feel and think be limited by poetry rules, so I just enjoy to watch my own sentences flow as much as it is possible.
Regarding the word "ain't", I am very interested in anthropological linguistics and this is one of those words that is tremendously stigmatized. People who considered themseleves to be "educated" often times discrimiate whoever uses the word "ain't", as they believe them to be not well "educated" (whatever the word "educated" means). However, from an anthropological perspective (or from an understanding perspective), this word says a lot about the person who uses it and where they come from (their culture!) and there should be nothing wrong with it. There should be nothing wrong with diversity; if the person can communicate effectively, it should be fine.
Thank you, again. <3