Monday, August 14, 2006

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You wear your badges with such pride and I
Admire you unreservedly. I share
Your consternation and concern. I care
About the principles you're standing by,
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Mary Spain
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Glen Kappy 08 August 2018

wow! again a good sonnet. and what you say here particularly strikes with me. one of the reasons is that i was born, so it seems, with a confidence that i was right. but with age (i'm now seventy) i can smile at this youthful surety and am much more cautious in my assertions. i also relate this to my feelings these days about protest/activism. -glen

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Ashraful Musaddeq 22 May 2009

Thoughts provoking witty composition. Love it.

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Philip Kirkland 07 October 2008

Well thought out sentiments, well written from a dying breed of rhyming poets. Thanks for sharing.

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Chitra - 10 July 2008

thought provoking inspiring write

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Bill Thomas 20 February 2008

This works very well: it mirrors my own journey, for sure, & that of others I know, & once more appears effortless, showing how much effort you've put into the crafting. Thank you.

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Joseph Daly 14 August 2006

Personally I identify with the narrative of this, having been a political animal in the 70s and 80s (when these things mattered) . I love the shift from self to person in this, you introduce it so subtly.

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