Dorsey Baker

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A Portrait Of Ugliness - Poem by Dorsey Baker

When I look around me
I don't see no
barnyard full of joy
no fields of dreams
no baskets of laughter
no streams
running so smooth
but I see
the clogged waterways
the potholes
the cracked streets
the crowded roadways
trash cans full of garbage
loneliness unhappiness
in many places
explosive and destructive
motives
angry storms
rage all about us
mountains once strong
now crumbling down
before us
oceans too full of themselves
now overflowing
nature like a monster on rampage
viciously attacking us!

Topic(s) of this poem: nature


Comments about A Portrait Of Ugliness by Dorsey Baker

  • Kim Barney (10/1/2019 8:14:00 PM)

    Nice poem, and congrats on POD. Whenever I want to see a portrait of ugliness, I just look in the mirror! (Report)Reply

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  • Jez Brul (10/1/2019 9:24:00 AM)

    A call to take heed of our environment. A magnificent poem! Congrats for being chosen as POD..A well-deserved one.10++++ (Report)Reply

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  • Savita Tyagi (10/1/2019 9:19:00 AM)

    Nature is warning us not to pollute, and crowd with the kind of congregation the new society requires. It has consequences. A sad but ugly reality of modern life. Great poem. Congratulations Dorsey. (Report)Reply

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  • Akhtar Jawad (10/1/2019 8:57:00 AM)

    We are destroying the world by polluting it. Nature will not watch it unconcerned but it will react. Congrats! (Report)Reply

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  • Bharati Nayak (10/1/2019 8:34:00 AM)

    Yes, Nature is raging against Man for creating filth, garbage, pollutants, chemical effluents, weapons and so many ugly things that clog the arteries of earth and drawing her towards death.A wonderful poem on environmental pollution.Congratulations for Poem of the Day! (Report)Reply

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  • Chinedu Dike (10/1/2019 8:21:00 AM)

    Really an insightful piece on the need for conservation of nature written with clarity of thought and mind. A witty creation set aside for sober reflection. Thanks for sharing, Dorsey. (Report)Reply

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  • Mahtab Bangalee (10/1/2019 5:15:00 AM)

    no fields of dreams
    no baskets of laughter
    no streams
    running so smooth........ Cause of self mind ugliness! ! !     (Report)Reply

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  • (10/1/2019 1:12:00 AM)

    I've read this very good poem back in February. Congratulations for being chosen POD! (Report)Reply

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  • Aniruddha Pathak (10/1/2019 12:49:00 AM)

    Yes indeed, the true portrait of earth and Nature around,
    well said dear poet and congrats, an apt choice for POD.     (Report)Reply

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  • (2/4/2019 1:53:00 PM)

    Very lyrical despite the ugliness you see... it is a rare insight when one sees beauty in the ugliest of things.
    Thank you very much for sharing.     (Report)Reply

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  • (10/1/2018 9:36:00 PM)

    I think you are saying you see both happy and sad (Report)Reply

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  • Lyn Paul (10/1/2018 5:34:00 PM)

    Excellent write. We are certainly a throw a way society with it now spilling over.

    Greed and selfishness a big impact.

    Our Banks have let us down still taking money from the deceased.
    Fuel companies are riding a huge wave with high prices.
    We don't even know if the homeless are homeless any more. Some are set up like salesmen.     (Report)Reply

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  • (10/1/2018 3:47:00 PM)

    Mother Nature can only take so much. We all must act now before it's too late. Excellent write, Dorsey! (Report)Reply

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  • (10/1/2018 2:14:00 PM)

    the wrath of nature will always be the conclusion of our greed. (Report)Reply

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  • Fiadh Fida (10/1/2018 1:16:00 PM)

    loneliness unhappiness
    in many places, it is your correct observation, well done     (Report)Reply

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  • Anil Kumar Panda (10/1/2018 6:26:00 AM)

    This is how life is going on all around the world. People do not care about the harm they are doing to the nature. A very nice poem with a strong message. Congrats. (Report)Reply

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  • Edward Kofi Louis (10/1/2018 6:22:00 AM)

    Like a Monster! !

    Thanks for sharing.     (Report)Reply

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  • Adrian Flett (10/1/2018 3:50:00 AM)

    We, as poets, need to look at the world through wise and truthful eyes but at the same time to find the good and the joyful and to write about it, as well. (Report)Reply

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  • (10/1/2018 3:14:00 AM)

    A poem full of despair? I likened it to people don't care? Poor nature is now at risk of our careless attitudes! .....well written Dorsey (Report)Reply

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  • Mahtab Bangalee (10/1/2018 1:52:00 AM)

    O' thy heart is blue print of sky
    no vastness there are of love
    no drops of ocean there are of tear
    but a dove on sky merely is flying
    on the peak of tower is just hauling a roar
    no arrow, no bow, no Cupid in nature
    just a rose has been dead by its thorns and fear
    //// wonderfully writing     (Report)Reply

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