Tag: #savethechildren
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World Poetry Day : Do Your Bit Now!Let’s Save Ourselves. The Earth Can Take Care of Itself!
Had written this poem in 2017. Felt the need to re-post it today on World Poetry Day after reading the papers. A massive glacier “The Totten Glacier”, the size of France is slowly moving from Antarctica in the ocean. It is much larger than was thought earlier and could wreak havoc when it melts. Then…
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NaPoWriMo: Day-11 Help! She’s Calling…
Had written this poem last year as part of the NaPoWriMo 2017. A year hence and the war against terror rages on. How many more children must be orphaned before peace is achieved? National Poetry Writing Month, Day 11’s challenge to write the Bop. The invention of Poet Afaa Michael Weaver, the Bop is a…
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NaPoWriMo Day 22: Save Yourself! The Earth Can Take Care of Itself!
National Poetry Writing Challenge, Day 22 is to write a georgic poem in honor of Earth Day. The georgic could be a simple set of instructions on how to grow or care something, but it could incorporate larger themes as to how land should be used (or not used) or for what purposes. Notes – 1)Shalom…
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NaPoWriMo: Day-11 Help! She’s Calling…
ational Poetry Writing Month, Day 11’s challenge to write the Bop. The invention of Poet Afaa Michael Weaver, the Bop is a kind of a combination sonnet + song. like a Shakespearean sonnet, it introduces, discusses, and then solves (or fails to solve) a problem. My Bop: Her eyes shone a tear, her…