Brief prose and poetry lacking other categories... |
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Basically anything under 1500 words. Enjoy
The poem which won 1st place at Rebel Poetry is "Stained Portrait" The poem which placed second at "Writing 4 Kids" The story which placed second at "The Bard's Hall Contest" The story which placed first at "Writing 4 Kids" |
| Enough songs have been written by now To realize they don't change the world. It's all very well to rant, rave, ruminate, revile, but in the end, words are wind. What's needed is action Not violence, nor a noisy protest. Firm, quiet actions on the part of many Can change the course of human history. What this means in real life? I have no idea. When one works every day for less than one's worth, Comes home to drown in cultural escapism, Wakes up to do it again tomorrow, It's hard to think about larger things. Change is needed, but how it starts? Within the heart. Resolve to do better, Be kind to your neighbor. Yet resolutions get lost in the hullabaloo, And we resort to base instinct. Maybe all we can do is write: a song, a blog, a journal entry, a thank you note, goals, dreams, observations, expressing how we think things should be. Perhaps our songs do change the world Even if no one hears them. 28 lines, 169 words. Written for Rachel's Beatles Challenge. Song of choice: Revolution. |