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The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher
I wonder if anyone had forecast
her passing away...
to my mind thoughts continued to come
should I or should I not
compose a poem
and
Mark Antony came to mind
in Julius Caesar he hath said...
as Brutus must have
Here I come not to praise Caesar
but to bury him...
we must all leave our
differences and idiosyncrasies behind
after one has gone...
we all become equal bones...
devoid of flesh
so tell me not in mournful colors
of what was blackness
you were silent then...
still and stiff…
you had no guts to face
the one now you call devil
so be gone with the wind...
I've seen many of your ilk
how many from grocers shop
daughters…
will ever rise to rule
in a democracy
perhaps you too could
but then you didn't have the spunk
which you don't have still
so learn to respect a silent bone
even dogs weep
when death comes home
God bless you all,
more,
than her
she has gone
The Iron Lady
that she alone
could be...
About This Poem
Style/Type: Free verse
Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft
Comments
eightmenout
12 years 3 months ago
I like where you are going
I like where you are going with this, but there are a couple of lines that I feel need some work.
"the one now you call devil"
"but then you didn't have the spunk"
Think it's great otherwise.
Scott
loved
12 years 3 months ago
thanks friend
help edit
to make it
worth it
eightmenout
12 years 3 months ago
My apologies. Not in a good
My apologies. Not in a good frame of mind last night. I would be happy to help. Just need a day or two.
loved
12 years 3 months ago
OKAY BY ME
shall await ur contribution
to make it more lively
spunk.... could be replaced by
GALL/BALLS
AND THE DEVIL
BY EVIL
eightmenout
12 years 3 months ago
suggestions
the one you now hold in disgrace
but then you lack the iron will
loved
12 years 3 months ago
i shall review as you say
thanks
weirdelf
12 years 3 months ago
You clearly did not live in England
during her reign of terror.
A more fitting title for a poem about her might have been that of eightmenout's latest "Bully"
loved
12 years 3 months ago
happy you came by
regards and congrats
many will benefit from
you now
Kailashana2
12 years 3 months ago
I'm pleasantly surprised,
I'm pleasantly surprised, Love. Some meat on this bone!
~
loved
12 years 3 months ago
I too am surprised that
you are surprised
and have once come
with a positive vibe
thanks Kailashana
Kailashana2
12 years 3 months ago
Poetry is not always
Poetry is not always masturbation, mutual or otherwise, Loved. I think by now you know this.
:-)
loved
12 years 3 months ago
TOTALLY
unclear ma'am