Lose The Smirk, Get To Work

Posted on September 25, 2020 by purplepeninportland 
Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub - Meeting The Bar:  Protest Poetry
(posted by Grace)

"Write a Protest Poem with a theme (e.g. voting, social justice, peace & war, violence, women’s rights, human rights, environment, pandemic, etc) in your blog. This may be about as local as your community, or about your country, or about the world in general."


Wake Up!  Wake Up!
Earth does not revolve
around ego, mendacity,
egregiousness, wealth.

Wake Up! Wake Up!
Do not politically preen
while hundreds of thousands
are dying each day.

Wake Up! Wake Up!
Face your responsibility
as a Leader.  You should care
about more than your hair.

Wake Up! Wake Up!
Worried about a panic, yet 
having no direction, no plan, 
simply buckets of blame? 

Wake Up! Wake Up!
Every human being has
a right to live in peace,
and provide for family.

Wake Up! Wake Up!
Do the right thing–tell 
the truth, bitter or not.  
Hundreds of thousands are dying.

Wake Up! Wake Up!

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About purplepeninportland

I am a freelance poet, born and bred in Brooklyn, New York. I live with my husband, John, and two charming rescue dogs–Marion Miller and Murphy. We spent eight lovely years in Portland, OR, but are now back in New York. My goal is to create and share poetry with others who write, or simply enjoy reading poetry. I hope to touch a nerve in you, and feel your sparks as well.
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25 Responses to Lose The Smirk, Get To Work

  1. Jordan Hoggard says:
    September 25, 2020 at 12:34 am

    You’ll get no snooze button from me on this one.

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  2. Grace says:
    September 25, 2020 at 12:50 am

    Wake up, I love that call to action. This part really brings it home for me:

    Wake Up! Wake Up!
    Do the right thing–tell
    the truth, bitter or not.
    Hundreds of thousands are dying.

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  3. wolfsrosebud says:
    September 25, 2020 at 2:38 am

    You’ve captured a sleepy lion… with a sign “Do Not Disturb”

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  4. Ingrid says:
    September 25, 2020 at 7:52 am

    This is a rousing call to action! If only our world leaders would wake up, listen and better still – care.

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  5. Beverly Crawford says:
    September 25, 2020 at 3:02 pm

    But we cannot lay all the blame on this egomaniac who stumbled into leadership because too many of us were too self-involved to vote, and too many of us have allowed too many children to grow up with no moral compass whatsoever. I just received my absentee ballot…my small step toward speaking up.

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  6. rivrvlogr says:
    September 25, 2020 at 3:09 pm

    “Do the right thing–tell / the truth,”

    Not likely, from that lying sack of Sh#$.

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  7. sanaarizvi says:
    September 25, 2020 at 8:51 pm

    Love this call to action! Indeed, the world does not revolve around ego, mendacity, egregiousness and wealth. 💝💝

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  8. msjadeli says:
    September 25, 2020 at 9:59 pm

    A bird calling out came to mind as I read this. A harbinger calling out a warning with the “or else” implied. Nicely done, Sara.

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  9. -Eugenia says:
    September 26, 2020 at 1:58 pm

    Love your take on the prompt! Well done!

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  10. hank77 says:
    September 27, 2020 at 4:34 am

    kaykuala
    He had better waken up as his ratings for reelection in Nov have dived down so low!

    Hank

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  11. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) says:
    September 27, 2020 at 3:19 pm

    Asking for the truth is never going to work for someone who has built his fortress from lies.

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