You need to read this poem from top to bottom and then bottom to top to get the message. Sent to me by my friend Patricia Dawn and published with her permission. Love it.
Refugees
by Brian Bilston
They have no need of our help
So do not tell me
These haggard faces could belong to you or me
Should life have dealt a different hand
We need to see them for who they really are
Chancers and scroungers
Layabouts and loungers
With Bombs up their sleeves
Cut-throats and thieves
They are not
Welcome here
We should make them
Go back to where they came from
They cannot
Share our food Share our homes
Share our countries
Instead let us
Building a wall to keep them out
It is not okay to say
These are people just like us
A place should only belong to those who are born there
Do not be so stupid to think that
The world can be looked at another way
(now read from bottom to top)
Very cleverly written!
Immigrants definitely need protection as they struggle to find that glorious American Dream they’ve heard about back home. I’ve read about the sweatshops illegal immigrants tend to fall into, or be delivered to, in big US cities; I wonder how those people are faring in these days of self-isolation and closures.
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This is a brilliant poem.
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I agree…
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👍😍
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This ia absolutely stunning and genius.
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This is a brilliant poem — definitely a super strong message! Immigrants and homeless both are not being treated very well by the country right now — we need to think of them as people, and not as immigrants or homeless!
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Shows both thoughts on the matter..
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Very clever.
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Wonderful! Very well written and so true. Thanks for sharing this!
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Though you did not write this one, I am putting in my vote for the best of the week, I am fickle that way, but no worry, it is only Tuesday~!
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That’s okay. He deserves it.
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So brilliant!
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This is a beautiful poem, Judy. I am always struck by this form, how writers do it. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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First day in 6 years I haven’t written a poem. I decided I needed to go into recovery or just bite the bullet and do other things. Some day I’ll tell you how I did it. Suffice it to say that I did 6 loads of laundry, organized my project table, organized my entire desk.folders and drawers, won a game on internet Scrabble, cleaned the kitchen, organized my dread next-to-the-bed nightstand and went through 40 to 50 year old poetry and story files and actually threw some away. And managed to lose my Kindle again! But I didn’t write a poem. Hm. almost an hour and a half left until midnight. Should I?
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Well, in the end I lost and I won. I did a quickie poem so haven’t broken my run..
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Yo’re amazing — I don’t know anybody else with the level of drive that you have! I might get one of those projects done in a day without any distractions! Hope you found the Kindle!
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Nope, I haven’t found it. Perhaps it is in the car.
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