For Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle #86
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voice, sing, trills, banal, primal, dumb,
without, means, noise, plaintive, joyful, words
For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #275
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feed, work, easy, flat, pattern, lies,
drop, keys, righteous, ends, call, hold
For Poets United: Poetry Pantry #329
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We Dare Not Acquiesce
Each of us owns a voice.
Might be plaintive or banal,
even flat or off key. Joyful
with righteous words, or primal
with soulful need.
Our world has been dumped
with a pattern of lies, dropped
into darkness with noise of hate.
Held dumb by a call to violence
that feeds only on fear and ignorance.
Someone wants us to believe
we are without means to put
an end to this ugly song, with its
threatening trill of loss of freedoms.
There is much work to be done.
It won’t be easy.
Elizabeth Crawford 11/20/2016
Notes:
ATTENTION
To All Artists, Writers of Prose and Poetry, Photographers, Etc.
Tomorrow, Monday, Nov. 21, I will begin giving prompts on a daily basis in hopes of lifting the spirits of anyone who is troubled by the current backlash of the election in the U.S. I am asking anyone who is creative, to join me, in raising a voice to counter that backlash. I believe that creativity is a healing element, and it is time to put that element back into our world. I would ask you to check in, each day, for a one word prompt, and some suggestions. You may respond to the prompt in any fashion you choose, with images, photos, words, fiction, poetry, personal essay, and even music, or quotes. Post it on your blogs, but more importantly, on social media. We will be celebrating our shared humanity, the life and well-being of all living creatures, the hope that we can, and are capable of, growth and acceptance of change, without the need for hatred and violence. Let us bring the light of creativity into this current darkness. The prompts will appear here:
http://1sojournal.wordpress.com
Thank you,
Elizabeth, who, by the way, used all of the words. The image is a bonfire photo, put through the kaleidoscope app.
Soul's Music 
Someone wants us to believe
we are without means to put
an end to this ugly song… so true. Many people actually.
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thank God nothing in this world is eternal…so is the ugly song…
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There is indeed much work to be done and plotters to if not be thrown to the fire toppled by the shared thoughts of kinder people – your prompt idea made me think of the sticky note-let wall in the New York subways
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i agree that those in the arts, those attuned to a creative nature, those that believe in their heart and soul that ‘ugly hate’ can be squelched by an abundance of participation to correct the ‘wrong’. …it won’t be easy.
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Yes. True, true. Though I suspect that we had something to do with it, and I wish I could get myself to understand that those who did this feel equally right. This is a mindbender. I’ll be looking for those prompts.
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I agree we must not acquiesce. Yes, there is much work to be done, but I wonder what CAN be done at this point. So many comply with the evil t and each week brings more bad news. My poems for a while now have been addressing the political scene. I wish I could let it go, but it continues to rise to the surface.
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So much can be done… I recommend reading the article by Masha Gessen … I read it translated in Swedish Newspapers today…. (alas I think it does paint a bleak future though) http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/10/trump-election-autocracy-rules-for-survival/
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Thank you Elizabeth.
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I like the ending, and this:
“Joyful
with righteous words, or primal
with soulful need.”
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Elizabeth, as always you are a standard-bearer, and I applaud you. This is a brilliant idea. We need light and the power of our voices now like never before. Great challenge. Count me in.
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I completely agree that creativity is a healing power, capable of great change. Now more than ever this is so important.
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This is incredibly powerful and uplifting! ❤️
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I find Centering Prayer to be very beneficial. ❤
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Thank you and a reminder that we still have to be involved – there is much to still be done…bkm
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Not easy, no – but essential.
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Much work to be done, using heart, mind, creativity. I will look forward to your prompts.
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We must stand together to put an end to this ugly song. Well said.
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This is Monday, the first day of your prompts, Elizabeth, and I have to make an airport run, so I will join you tomorrow. Thanks for the invitation.
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