My ABCEDARIUS Dream
An addiction to nature a hope for peace
Belligerent people be gone, or just cease
Calls for war, and hate to forever refrain
Discrimination, not heard of, ever again.
Excel, let us all, in being exceedingly good
Feel, empathy for all the misunderstood.
Gregarious by nature we’ve always been
High-rise to bungalows the modern day scene.
Independent’s, there will be many of that ilk
Jostling with nature to produce veg and milk
Keeping livestock for pleasure, and yes meat.
Life, ours, and many more, nurtured by farmers
Much of life depends on these likeable charmers
Not forgetting there are those in most cities
Ordinary, extraordinary, many incredibly witty.
Practitioners, as in Doctors, Scientists, too.
Quintessential to all, so we can carry on through
Reassured, by our Deities, no need for despair.
Success now guaranteed, now that we all care.
To keep peace forever in ourselves we must trust
Understand that all life before, was, for all unjust
Victory now, meaningful, no fighting, no wars
Wickedness banished, no unjustified laws
Xenodochial traits must now be our future
Yes, applicable to all, for were now a new culture.
Zap wow, what was that, my alarm, my dream at an end.
©Mick Talbot 2016
Irene Waters actually inspired this work, for which I’m most grateful.
Mick that is great. Glad I inspired you to give it a go. Peace for all would be fantastic. Pity your poem was a dream.
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Thanks Irene, must confess I always thought that taking any word in this format was a form of abecedarian writing, apparently not. Anyway thanks for the inspiration, really enjoyed the challenge. Re the ending, my sentiment too, it has happen though. Take care,
Mick
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No you are right. What you have done is most definitely acededarian writing. Anything that gets us trying something new has to be good. Jules just took it one step further on and I had to try it. Very difficult. I loved your poem though. Thanks Mick. Cheers Irene
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All interesting and challenging stuff, catch you later 😉
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Really excellent
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Many thanks. appreciated!
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NOT LOOKING
If ones not looking then the eyes cant see.
An error, until this moment, has eluded me,
But now its stirring me into putting it right.
Do you change a dream? Perhaps tonight,
But if I hadn’t looked, I would not of seen.
So, no, I’m not going to spoil the dream.
For as things are, sadly, its the only time
When I find sleep induced peace, so sublime,
And if I had the power that I find in dreams
Peace we’d find in all of Earths realms
But as I am now, so wide, wide awake,
I beg humanity, please don’t peace forsake.
For if were not looking then we wont see
That bad, and the hate, are all unnecessary.
So dreams apart I wish peace, good will to all
Let us all make for the good, let us all stand tall!
©Mick Talbot 2016
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