Monday, August 31, 2015

Refugees In Our Time Comments

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Uprooted, spread to corners in the globe
accepted, helped, rejected or cursed,
they ran away from their homeland
away from bombs, ruins and fires,
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Elizabeth Padillo Olesen
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Abdulrazak Aralimatti 01 September 2015

Man becomes a refugee, a homeless searching a home outside his home What a shame to mankind to treat man as animals Where is the wisdom that makes man superior than animals A very thoughtful poem.

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Elizabeth Padillo Olesen 02 September 2015

Thanks, Abdulrazak, for your reflective comment. Yes, it is our question. Where is the superiority of man and woman that carries in it the duty of human responsibility?

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Kevin Patrick 31 August 2015

Its a terrible shame what is happening to these people, its not as if these people want to leave their countries, they don't want to get killed and persecuted, they want a chance of a future for themselves and their children. The irony is there considered the enemy by people, whose own leaders are partially responsible for causing these wars. A great and caring work, intelligent and thoughtful.

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Elizabeth Padillo Olesen 01 September 2015

Thanks, Kevin, for your reply. The refugee issue in our time is a test to our conscience and our beliefs in freedom, democracy, solidarity and human compassion.

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Edward Kofi Louis 31 August 2015

Thanks for sharing this poem with us; with the muse of the refugees heading towards Europe.

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Thanks for your quick response, Edward. I hope to read more poems on this issue.

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