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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

REKINDLE HOPE

PoeArtry by Charles Frederickson


Help rescue our besieged universe
    Relentlessly ravaged by bullyragging war
        Without compassionate understanding mutual trust
            There can be no peace

Save our disillusioned lonesome planet
    Hungry souls suffering emotional famine
        Spreading malice cancerous hateful fear
            Soothing cure-all Tender Loving Care

Look within anima awakening spirituality
    Flexible open attitudes never shut
        Without passionate longing steadfast nudging
            Hostile mountains cannot be moved

Deliver justice to homeless refugees
    Given equal opportunity fair-minded options
        Unless oyster shells are shucked
            Latent priceless pearls remain undiscovered

Protect our endangered natural eco-environment
    Forecasting common cause future unity
        Without bolting thunder lightning zigzags
            There can be no rainbows


The gliberated, rarely humble Bang-cocksure No Holds Bard e-gadfly, Dr. Charles Frederickson proudly presents his uniquest oddyssey, funThaistic PoeArtry avec pizzazz website – http://www.poetryartcombo.com. More than 500 original colorful images and impressions are featured, sketched and scribbled during travels to 206 countries on his fave planet.