Thursday, May 26, 2016

The Weed Comments

Rating: 5.0

Between two fences
once sprouted a little weed
no one thought much of it
no one looked at it twice
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Nika McGuin
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Kim Barney 05 September 2016

I knew I had read this poem before. I liked it just as much the second time.

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Daniel Brick 29 May 2016

A stern warning - take action or don't complain later of the consequences. This has the fable-like quality of some of your earlier poem like my personal favoirite Chantelfleurie

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Poetry Falcon 27 May 2016

Those weeds... ignored yet deadly

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Ngimchule Nampeung 26 May 2016

A great poem.Thought-provoking!

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Kim Barney 26 May 2016

Niki, this is a wonderful poem. I especially like how you summed it up at the end: So you see... the belief that if you ignore it, it'll go away - is false like racism, like domestic abuse the issue only gets bigger growing like a weed unchecked

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