Saturday, March 12, 2016

The Bottle Comments

Rating: 4.4

See that black boy over there, runnin' scared
his ol' man's in a bottle.
He done quit his 9 to 5 to drink full time
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Gil Scott Heron
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Lea- Beima Dorestin 08 November 2017

A powerful and beautiful poem!

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Prativa Rani 08 November 2017

Thank you for the nice sharing and congratulations for the selection.

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 08 November 2017

A beautifully crafted write on addiction with a meaningful message.

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Muzahidul Reza 08 November 2017

his ol' man's in a bottle. nicely written, thanks for sharing

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Bernard F. Asuncion 08 November 2017

Such an interesting write... congrats for being picked...10+++

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Kumarmani Mahakul 08 November 2017

A poem on addiction has been nicely and astutely depicted. Beautiful. Thanks and congratulations for being selected this poem as the poem of the day.

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Paul Brookes 08 November 2017

Much truth spoken here enjoyed the vernacular contemporary speech patterns.

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Geoffrey Fafard 08 November 2017

Great poem...Its what my father did only I was too close to write about it but this write brings it home. Thank you Gil Scott Herron. Grim and Graphic.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 08 November 2016

When time after time, people in the bottle Nice write. Congrats on the modern POD.

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Anil Kumar Panda 08 November 2016

This is really a nice poem bringing to the surface the social problem of drinking and family getting ruined. The word play is just wonderful with ' when time after time, people in the bottle giving so nice effect. Deserved poem of the day. Simply beautiful.

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Pranab K Chakraborty 08 November 2016

Fantastic the bottle poem rings with rapid score to engulf the whole within. Excellent expression without any intellectual exercise by words. It hits straight to the brain. Thanks.

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Edward Kofi Louis 08 November 2016

With the muse of the bottle! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 08 November 2016

Time in a bottle is better than the wine in a bottle.... Congrats for being chosen for the day....

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Dutendra Chamling 18 March 2016

Gil Scott Heron! Wonderful poem, indeed.

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