Some soil decorum’s gown with vulgar tongue,
While others acquiesce like senseless sheep,
Unmindful of effect on fertile young,
Their virgin thoughts in bitter bile to steep;
Contaminated seed in good ground sown
Cannot, but yield contaminated crop;
Will ‘Future’ generations ‘Now’ bemoan,
Exhausting efforts, all, decline to stop?
As Nature works with Time all harm to heal,
Can innate human goodness yet prevail?
Despite repeated threats, ill to conceal,
Spirit of Truth shall triumph without fail;
The Future shall forever be unknown,
Until it in the Present shall be shown!
©Meanderings 2016
Beuaitful Sonnet my friend. You never lose your touch. Hope you are well.
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Thanks Brother. Good to see you..Hope you are doing well. As you might have noticed from a recent post, I shall soon be taking a long sabbatical…..Have a look at the post….Hugs to ‘you know who’… 😉 Take Care!
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Thought provoking there Elliot.
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Thanks Peter!
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Beautifully expressed…xxx
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Thank you Janet! Hugs!
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Nice final paradox!
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Thanks Gill. Hugs!
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What a lovely poem and picture.xxx
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Thanks D! Off on long Hols soon. Have a Super Festive Season! Hugs! ❤
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Wow this poem reflects the state of my country quite well. What bitter seeds the new POTUS sows. I hope in the end, as in your sonnet, truth, kindness and tolerance prevails. It’s not looking good though.
Do have a lovely holiday!
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Thanks Mel! Yes, I have many very good friends in the USA…..There is so much good in the life and Culture of the USA! I am deeply concerned…as are many others…hence my thoughts and sentiments in my last few sonnets…..Keeping Fingers prayerfully crossed…..Will be thinking of you all….Love and Hugs! ❤
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You’re welcome 🙂 Yes there are so many wonderful people here. Some people here need a reminder that their ancestors were immigrants who fled persecution or countries unfriendly to their lifestyle choices. Trump and his supporters seem to have forgotten that fact. To be American means you emigrated from somewhere at some point. Enjoy your holiday!
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Trump seems to have forgotten anything untoward about his antecedents….his forbears not excepted. 😉 Hugs! ❤
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Exactly. He requires a reminder, a specter from the past ala A Christmas Carol reminder. 😊
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Perhaps a ‘Scrooge Experience’? 😉 Hugs!
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I think he also needs a Bob Cratchet –the immigrant/minimum wage edition– experience. Where do we sign him up?
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Let him sign up in Mexico! 😉 Hugs!
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Ooo that’s a fabulous idea! Oh wait! No, he should sign up as a Muslim refugee.
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Yeah…..Excellent idea. 😉 Hugs!
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🙂 Hugs to you too and a safe journey!
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Thanks Mel! Hugs! ❤
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You’re welcome 🙂
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Excellent.
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Thank you…
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You’re very welcome.
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