Friday, January 3, 2003

Democracy Comments

Rating: 4.1

Democracy will not come
Today, this year
Nor ever
Through compromise and fear.
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Langston Hughes
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Itohan Stephanie # 21 May 2025

Freedom is essential, powerful poem

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Chinedu Dike 05 January 2025

Powerfully and movingly crafted with deep insight. A masterful work of art.

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Teresa Seed 23 March 2023

Great poem.

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Nabakishore Dash 22 March 2023

Statement is really a great feeling dear poet Hughes.

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Nabakishore Dash 22 March 2023

I do not need my freedom --------tomorrow's bread..

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Bharati Nayak 21 March 2023

'I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.'---A great poem on democracy.

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I live here, too. I want freedom just as you great lines of poetry

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I wanted freedom just as you great lines of poetry

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I live here, too.

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damion damion 29 November 2021

it is so good

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unknown 29 November 2021

he is like luahr king

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damion damion 29 November 2021

yeahhhhhh

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Abhaya c k 13 March 2021

It is a meaningful poem

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Anagha C V 30 June 2020

It is a short and meaningful poem.

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Aishwarya.P. P 30 June 2020

It is a meaningful poem

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Aishwarya.P. P 30 June 2020

Nice poem

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Keith Brown 22 May 2020

Democracy is a strange bed fellow, if we all have equal right As we should but all have different creeds, religions and self belief, then maybe all we have left is compromise, live and let live without prejudice.

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Peachsister 14 April 2020

It is nice that this has been fixed, all can enjoy rights now! !

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Michael Walker 19 September 2019

I want freedom too. 'Democracy is coming/ To the USA'. Leonard Cohen.

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Hemashree R 22 July 2019

Nice poem

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