Change ~Poetics~dVersePoets
If there is one thing I think this we can all agree on, it's the simple fact our world needs changing. Sheila Moore has chosen CHANGE as the theme for this weeks prompt at Poetics. Because the grind kept me busy this week, I missed FormForAll, where Beth Winter brought us the form of staccato. So, in an effort to one up the grind...I am combining two dVerse offerings here today. The form and the prompt.
Pitch Your Tents
Amongst the power of corporations
Mankind has cowered throughout their nations
Trading souls as dollars well spent
The working poor picks up their tents
While the bulls line their pockets with dollars green
Don't think this is what capitalists mean
Amongst the three piece suites that own Wall Street
It is the working poors' boots that stomp concrete
People United Will Never
People United Won't Ever
Be defeated if they stand tall as ONE
Be tricked again by butter or by gun
We've let them run the world for far too long
As we've stood with fists curled, praying their wrong
But our freedoms have taken flight
With corporate sponsor into night
The time is upon us to Occupy
Or morals, values, trust, will all soon die
Pitch Your Tents
Amongst the power of corporations
Mankind has cowered throughout their nations
Trading souls as dollars well spent
The working poor picks up their tents
While the bulls line their pockets with dollars green
Don't think this is what capitalists mean
Amongst the three piece suites that own Wall Street
It is the working poors' boots that stomp concrete
People United Will Never
People United Won't Ever
Be defeated if they stand tall as ONE
Be tricked again by butter or by gun
We've let them run the world for far too long
As we've stood with fists curled, praying their wrong
But our freedoms have taken flight
With corporate sponsor into night
The time is upon us to Occupy
Or morals, values, trust, will all soon die
Comments
indeed, the times they are a changing.. preach it sistah!!
The time is upon us to Occupy
Or morals, values, trust, will all soon die
Love,
Lola
"The Times, They Are a'Changin' " indeed.
This is some powerful poetry.
...and I pray the times really are a changing too :)
Very nice change choice
Still say the tents are crap
And need to hit them where it hurts for change to ever fill the gap
But a wonderful verse
Surely the stuck up rich wants to make us all curse
eloquent and powerful details,
well done.
But our freedoms have taken flight
With corporate sponsor into night
The time is upon us to Occupy
Or morals, values, trust, will all soon die
love the way your words make impact, well done.
Hank