this gift........so lost

to all who feel the need to scream....
:not to sure about this but here goes :


for days and nights,i ask i beg
this gift of ours, this garden golden true
what has it done ,or have we done
take back the bleeding,people
starve,
end what has now turned, the soil
bombs from nowhere ,but our hands
children drink from pools
pools of dirt,
landings ,moon the money
well spent....../?
this gift ,has stolen our souls,
with ripe fruit,tender joy.
darker ,stained land..oil coal no more
this gift was here for many a human
many a child lost,cried

for days ,nights ive felt such pain....
who wouldnt when a human
is killed.
this gift was ment to give us LIFE....
sudden light ,not rays of shine
but hard reality, to you and me
of bloody battles below ,,above
a gift fucked up ...nature new
IT would...

a scape goat for one and all

love n peace from saff

aye, knowledge will set you free and ignorance is bliss and what the bloody 'ell are we to believe?
moderation, that word pops up a lot eh.

"Find the cost of freedom buried in the ground." - Crosby, Stills & Nash.
The price has been paid, but the goods appear tainted, eh?

Your gift expresses much of the pain I feel every day I read the paper, every time I turn on the television.

Powerful words... but hard for me to read.

for days and nights,[ ]i as i beg
---leave a spave after each comma
---I know a lot of people use small 'i's but they really bother me...

this gift of ours, this garden golden true
---I really like the 'garden golden true', it's a nice phrase.

what has it done,[ ]or have we done[?]
take back the bleeding,[ ]people
starve,
---some of your linebreaks seem a bit awkard to me, like this one.

end what has now turned, the soil
bombs from nowhere,[ ]but our hands
---I don't know what you mean by 'soil bombs from nowhere'

children drink from pools
pools of dirt,
landings,[ ]moon the money
well spent....../?
---Hmmm. I sugges either use a normal ellipsis [... ] or a questionmark

this gift,[ ]has stolen our souls,
with ripe fruit,[ ]tender joy.
darker,[ ]stained land..[. ]oil coal no more
---This is another great section, but the last part seem to obvious. Can you imply the bit about oil/coal without being quite so blunt? I think it might work better that way

this gift was here for many a human
many a child lost,[ ]cried

for days ,nights i[']ve felt such pain...
---conventional ellipses have three dots unless they are at the end of a sentence where they have four. i think it pays to use punctaution is fairly conventional way so people think about your content not your commas

who wouldn[']t when a human
is killed.
this gift was ment to give us LIFE....
---In my opinion poems should only shout when 'preformed'. You might reconsider those capitals

sudden light,[ ]not rays of shine
---'rays of shine' nice

but hard reality, to you and me
of bloody battles below ,,above
---,,?
a gift fucked up...[ ]nature new
---knew?

IT would...

a [scapegoat] for one and all

------An interesting poem to read in that is varied from very poetic to very blunt. Overall I think it could be refined a little more to make the transitions between the two cleaner and perhaps introduce a sort of rhythm or cadence.

thank you for the replys here

yes my poetry is just how i am
all i have felt and thought
i find the bluntness is very much apart of
my life this world and the human race ,,

thank you again interesting i remember being
told the very same poetic but blunt in college
oh years ago...im glad im still the same ......
love n peace from saff

mm your replys got me thinking

Originally Posted by saffronfrancisburnet

to all who feel the need to scream....
:not to sure about this but here goes :


for days and nights,i ask i beg
this gift of ours, this garden golden true
what has it done ,or have we done
take back the bleeding,people
starve,
end what has now turned, the soil
bombs from nowhere ,but our hands
children drink from pools
pools of dirt,
landings ,moon the money
well spent....../?
this gift ,has stolen our souls,
with ripe fruit,tender joy.
darker ,stained land..oil coal no more
this gift was here for many a human
many a child lost,cried

for days ,nights ive felt such pain....
who wouldnt when a human
is killed.
this gift was ment to give us LIFE....
sudden light ,not rays of shine
but hard reality, to you and me
of bloody battles below ,,above
a gift fucked up ...nature new
IT would...

a scape goat for one and all

love n peace from saff

Very sensitive

its good, i really like it.