Democracy. Poem by J.A McManus

Democracy.

Rating: 5.0


Democracy is not grown and cultivated
In crimson poppy fields that bathe in the sun
Democracy is not a shield to hide behind
When your deceit finally becomes unspun.

Democracy cannot be wrestled from the grasp
Of men who rule with a tyrannical lash
Democracy is not a beautiful phoenix
That soars from conquered cities reduced to ash.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Alf Hutchison 11 November 2009

John if democracy is not what you have intimated... them prey tell us...what is democracy... Regards Alf

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Charlotte Riley 26 October 2009

I don't know a great deal about Democracy alot of things don't sink in with me but I can see you referring to important events. I don't want to make a fool of myself saying much more on something I'm not hiked up on I do like it though.

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Joseph Poewhit 23 October 2009

It's a spirit of man to be free or have a say

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Terence Nabbs 22 October 2009

we live in a democracy lucky or not it seems to be eroded every minute, freedom and democracy is it still there, we have still got the I suppose. I like the way yuou expressed it in your poem, please read the game,

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J.A McManus

J.A McManus

Carlisle, Cumbria
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