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21-12-2011, 04:19 AM
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Master
Join Date: Oct 2010
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The Cold Within
The Cold Within
Six humans trapped in happenstance
in dark and bitter cold.
Each one possessed a stick of wood,
or so the story's told,
their dying fire in need of logs.
The first woman held hers back
for of the faces around the fire
she noticed one was black.
The next man looking across the way
saw not one of his church
and couldn't bring himself to give
the fire his stick of birch.
The third one sat in tattered clothes;
he gave his coat a hitch.
Why should his log be put to use
to warm the idle rich?
The rich man just sat back and thought
of the wealth he had in store
and how to keep what he had earned
from the lazy, shiftless poor.
The black man's face bespoke revenge
as the fire passed from sight,
for all he saw in his stick of wood
was a chance to spite the white.
The last man of this forlorn group
did naught except for gain,
giving only to those who gave.
Was how he played the game.
The logs held tight in death's still hands
was proof of human sin.
They didn't die from the cold without;
they died from the cold within.
~James Patrick Kinney
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21-12-2011, 10:06 AM
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That;s a really great poem Silvergirl thanks for posting it!
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21-12-2011, 05:01 PM
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Master
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Thanks, Starbuck. I saw it in the paper yesterday in the Dear Abby column. I've never seen it before and I thought it was really great.
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24-12-2011, 07:10 PM
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Master
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 20,100
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I really like this poem and thought it matched up pretty well with the "Hell" thread going around.
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01-12-2013, 02:45 PM
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Chilling, intense poetry, indeed. Very profound and masterfully written.
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01-12-2013, 09:56 PM
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Master
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Away with the Faeries,,,,
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A reality smack of judgements and prejudice
A brilliant poem though,,
Love and hugs
Jo
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