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Comment from Bill Schott
This 5-7-5 suite, Truth Lies Obscured, has the proper formatting and displays the current crisis which dwarfs the virus problem: Truth has died.
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This 5-7-5 suite, Truth Lies Obscured, has the proper formatting and displays the current crisis which dwarfs the virus problem: Truth has died.
Comment Written 20-Apr-2020
Comment from The_Boy_Whodunnit
An insightful poem. I like how each part works separately but also come together for the bigger picture. I particularly like the last part, truth will often lie... sad, but true in today's world
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An insightful poem. I like how each part works separately but also come together for the bigger picture. I particularly like the last part, truth will often lie... sad, but true in today's world
Comment Written 20-Apr-2020
Comment from RodG
Your skepticism is very widespread these days when, as you say, there is so much "fact" cited and then recanted by "experts." The only truth I accept are the grim statistics of deaths each day and total. I especially like the sardonic tone of your second stanza. Rod
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Your skepticism is very widespread these days when, as you say, there is so much "fact" cited and then recanted by "experts." The only truth I accept are the grim statistics of deaths each day and total. I especially like the sardonic tone of your second stanza. Rod
Comment Written 20-Apr-2020
Comment from Pantygynt
This one is definitely a poem for our time, when politicians, desperate for good news hang their proverbial hats on some very tenuous hooks. There was a book by Bechoffer Roberts, published during WW2, called The Ministry of Wishful Thinking. It was great fun and took the lid off the British Civil Service.
I think that ministry is alive and well, still stalking the corridors of powe.
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This one is definitely a poem for our time, when politicians, desperate for good news hang their proverbial hats on some very tenuous hooks. There was a book by Bechoffer Roberts, published during WW2, called The Ministry of Wishful Thinking. It was great fun and took the lid off the British Civil Service.
I think that ministry is alive and well, still stalking the corridors of powe.
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Comment Written 20-Apr-2020
Comment from lyenochka
Very eloquently said in your poem, LisaMay! So much untruths and lies via slanted statistics are being told on the internet and the "news" from both political leanings. Such a shame.
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Very eloquently said in your poem, LisaMay! So much untruths and lies via slanted statistics are being told on the internet and the "news" from both political leanings. Such a shame.
Comment Written 20-Apr-2020
Comment from Elizabeth Emerald
You nailed it--misinformation indeed! I like the punch "more names for guesswork?" I am angry that the CDC in the US has done an about-face on masks--first they say they cloth masks are not protective; next they all but mandate we wear them. Why? Turns out they're providing false assurance as a diversion tactic so people don't buy up the medical-grade masks needed by hospital staff. Cheers. LIZ
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You nailed it--misinformation indeed! I like the punch "more names for guesswork?" I am angry that the CDC in the US has done an about-face on masks--first they say they cloth masks are not protective; next they all but mandate we wear them. Why? Turns out they're providing false assurance as a diversion tactic so people don't buy up the medical-grade masks needed by hospital staff. Cheers. LIZ
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Comment Written 20-Apr-2020
Comment from Iza Deleanu
This is a very lovely poem, that contains some truth about our modern lives . I really like this part:"Truth will often lie
obscured by others with a
private agenda."
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This is a very lovely poem, that contains some truth about our modern lives . I really like this part:"Truth will often lie
obscured by others with a
private agenda."
Comment Written 20-Apr-2020
