Voice Of The Voiceless Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Voice Of The Voiceless

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I am the Voice of the Voiceless
Through me the dumb shall speak
Till the world's deaf ear be made to hear
The wrongs of the wordless weak.
Oh shame on the mothers of mortals
Who do not stoop to teach
The sorrow that lies in dear dumb eyes
The sorrow that has no speech.
From street, from cage, from kennel
From stable and from zoo
The wall of my tortured kin proclaims the sin
Of the mighty against the frail.
But I am my brother's keeper
And I shall fight their fight
And speak the word for beast and bird
Till the world shall set things right.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Susan Williams 04 July 2016

Oh. My. Word. The woman writes as if her pen were made from the feathers of angel wings. God who created all creatures gave man the responsibility to take care of them [Genesis] and to not abuse them [I didn't write down that reference like the idiot I frequently can be]. In failing to take care of our fellow planet-mates we are indeed destroying inch by inch our only home in the universe. Ella Wheeler Wilcox sang it true and we best listen before it is too late to reverse the damage we have done.

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* Sunprincess * 04 July 2016

........someone must speak for those who can't ★ good write

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Mary Nagy 25 March 2005

Wow, I really liked this......different... Sincerely, Mary

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Jeanie Leyba 04 July 2016

Beautiful! It's really good and moving

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Edward Kofi Louis 04 July 2016

The sorrow that has no speech! Nice piece of work.

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Shaun Cronick 16 April 2020

Ella was a dedicated animal rights campaigner in her day. She was way ahead of her time. And this marvellous poem speaks for itself.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 04 July 2016

A great poem, may be pioneer in raising the voice in support of wild life and all living beings having no voice audible to human beings.

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Jayatissa K. Liyanage 04 July 2016

I really appreciate voices crying for the nature, however much insignificant they may look. Let this Voice of the voiceless be heard all over the world and even beyond. Congrats for being the poem of the day.X

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Sandra Feldman 04 July 2016

It's with poems like this That the best that is in us, Is fed.

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Vonnie Postit 04 July 2016

Soooooo beautiful! I love this and agree with it 900000%. You have a beautiful way with language.

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Johnstown Center / Rock County / Wisconsin
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