Sometimes my brain thinks in Haiku. I cannot explain it, nor would I ever try. It just is. Here’s an example:
I’m walking around
with an OM tat on my arm,
promoting oneness.
But people challenge
this concept with constancy,
detaching themselves.
You’re white and I’m black.
He’s Jewish and she’s Muslim.
They’re poor and we’re rich.
Who cares? What matters?
I wonder as we bicker.
Who gains from such rifts?
I know the answer.
It’s a rhetorical thought.
Hegemony rules,
if we allow it.
Otherwise, can’t we create
aΒ new world order?
Revolution. Β© 2017 K E Garland. All Rights Reserved.
Feel free to add a verse. How do you think we can come to understand we’re all one? Do we need to try or will it just happen naturally?
Peace, equality, respect, compassion… these concepts all seem to be sorely lacking lately. We are all human beings, and there simply shouldn’t be any tolerable place for such hatred, injustice, and indifference in this world. Nobody ever wins that way.
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I agree. Unfortunately, there seem to be MANY places for all of these negative things and sometimes the drops/ripples that you, I, and others put out there don’t always seem to make a difference. I try to remain hopeful though.
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We’ve got to always have hope. π
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“Sometimes my brain thinks in Haiku”, this made me smile.π
But on a serious note, I think once we start seeing as people as people (not the labels, categories or any other box certain people are grouped in), we might just find out we have more in common than not.
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lol – I can’t help myself Khaya! Yes to seeing people as people. I’m just not sure what it’s going to take.
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I like this one. it’s retorical as well as controversial.
I also know what you mean. During my teens, back when i thought of myself as a great poet, i used to think like that too. when i look back at them now, i see that the idea is good, even some of the verses, but no longer up to my standard.
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Right! It’s funny how we grow in our craft π
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indeed we do – take for example the first piece you’ve written and compare to today.
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Really liked the use of Om. π
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Thank you!
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Compassion Curiosity Forgiveness Acceptance Willingness Celebration Confidence Love. Thanks for the invitation to co-create. -skinny white lady from the projects who now has an education, career, food, a bed, a car and more than one pair of shoes β€οΈ
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Love it!
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I believe it starts with you and me, dear Katherin. We us, ‘ordinary’ unique individuals, keep creating peaceful homes and show by living by example, it is possible to live and let live…
Profound Haiku’s. XxX
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I agree Patty. We just have to do what we can and create ripples. Thanks for the compliment.
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yesssssssssss *snaps*
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β€ Sometimes it flows π
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Your muses were on a roll here, KE! Beautifully expressed sentiment and question. Had to look up “hegemony” which was perfect as you’ve used it, the cornerstone of the whole poem, really. It’s all about the powerful and the powerless. Things can change, but only when we humans forfeit our need to control and embrace the idea of “live and let live.” π
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I wonder what it will take for anyone to forfeit need to control, or if it will always exist, kinda like the book, Lord of the Flies
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Beautiful!
Yes, can we create another world? π
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lol I have a friend who always says he’s moving to Pluto, or some other planet.
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Haha that’s a nice thought …especially if one has felt like an alien often here LOL.
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Hegemony! You so fancy.
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lol – I gotta put that degree to use some kinda way π
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I ain’t mad at you. I like to teach my students big words like “pedagogy” and tell them to use it to impress people.
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Hello Kathy.
I’m pessimistic about humanity’s prospects. Too much hatred and small-mindedness.
Trump is a prime example of this.
And it always has been this way.
Still, those with good hearts need to keep fighting the good fight.
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I knooow Neil π¦ I’m usually a huge optimist when it comes to social justice and humanity, but lately…I’m not sure always.
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Love your Haiku revolutionary thoughts π
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Thank you Rosaliene!
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Love the Haiku and the sentiments K.
And ….since you asked, I’d say that people should stop throwing red herrings in an attempt to try to discredit a very profound and peaceful protest.
How ’bout this:
Learn to listen to the reasoning behind the action. Seek to understand instead of being so quick to hurl a slur.
I’m so glad that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr; Rosa Parks and so many other folks didn’t listen when they were told to be quiet….to go along to get along.
“Martin…go on home now….you making too much fuss!”
Where in the world would we be if he had just gone home, sat down and shut up?
How long would we have had to wait before a racist system decided to correct itself on it’s own?
PSHHHHHH!
We’d STILL be waiting.
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I think this all the time Lady G! Where would any of us be if all our ancestors did nothing, or simply talked about doing something?
See…this is why we need you to stay right here in 2017 π
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EXAC-TA-LEE — Doc!
And I’m OUT!
LOL π€£π€£
I’m might be back depending on how things go ππΏ LOL!!!!
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ππΎdear God, please don’t let Donald Trump do or say anything crazy so Gwin will stay here with us in 2017ππΎ πππ
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ROTFLMBAO!!!!!!!βπΎβπΎππ½πππ
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Everyone needs to read 1984. After that, they’ll be able to see that we’ve been made to dislike each other. What’s beautiful about life are the different things that exist within it. Cultures are things to be celebrated and not despised. Same with the differences in people. What a boring world this would be if we were all the same.
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Absolutely! It’s all social engineering to the nth degree! I’m so very frustrated right now. Maybe this is the low before we rise into greatness…or something.
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Thanks for this – i love haiku, and your subject matter.
I think the media plays a huge role in our divisiveness, very much so by their language and by what they give attention to.
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I agree. And we’re like dogs whenever they see a squirrel. We forget what we were mad about and focus on the “new” fad, especially nowadays with the 24-hour news cycle. Okay, I’m jumping off my soapbox lol
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…and thank you lol I started going off so much, I forgot to say thank you.
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Respect for people of other cultures and traditions. Stop seeing people as stereotypes and judging them.
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EX…ACTLY!
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