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In the village of Al-Funduq
Where ****** took place
In this cold dark place
A terrible grudge of pure hatefulness
With a whisper so sly
Evil's seed in fertile soil it grows
Ripe with hate the bitter harvest shows.
UNRWA reports that 7,700 newborns in Gaza are lacking life-saving care.

West Bank: Israeli Occupation forces storm the village of Urif, south of Nablus.
Monsters spawned by
Monsters in the evil
Sea of wilful ignorance.
Syria is going to blow badly
And it'll be terrible for
Everyone. ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ
David P Carroll Dec 2024
Palestinians struggle every day
With conflict that's hard to conceal
Palestinians strive to find peace
But the fighting won't cease
And starving to death and
The devil has taken control and
The devil's bombs that rip
Us all a part will never stop.
The Holocaust Of The Palestinians.
It is rooted to my teeth
                         my stomach
                         my nostrils
                         my nasal cavities

It rustles when I breathe in
It begs for more when I bite
It screams when I swallow

I cannot be your choir boy
And I will not kiss you
                   not today
                   not tomorrow
                   not tonight
I've now made it through my second semester of university only to find myself wolfing down an explosive, uninhabitable vindictiveness to quell the equally overwhelming emptiness that eats right back away at me.
I have 16 or so unfinished poems strewn around my notebooks. I'm hoping to track them all down and complete them here, and I am also hoping to be dead and gone sometime within the next 315 days.
TR3F1LD Dec 2024
As far as I know, the scope of humankind's problems doesn't decrease, overall (somewhere this or that situation improves, while somewhere it becomes worse). There's a galore of sociopolitical problems, also there are environmental ones. While the world human population is already somewhat above 8 billion (8 **** billion) & keeps growing (due to the majority of the most sentient species' members mindlessly reproducing, regardless of their financial situation, genome, & ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐— ๐—˜ other ๐—™๐—”๐—–๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฆ that ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—•๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—œ๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—— ๐—•๐—˜๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—” ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—•๐—˜๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ... ๐—ค๐—จ๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜ ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐——-๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐——; but who the hell gives a ****, right?). ๐—”๐—จ๐—ง๐—ข๐—–๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ฌ & ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—š๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐—ญ๐—˜๐—— ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐— ๐—˜ are ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜ (๐—ฅ ๐—œ ๐—ฆ ๐—˜). As it was mentioned by me in a note to one of my recent rhyme pieces, ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐——๐—ช๐—œ๐——๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—š๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐—ญ๐—˜๐—— ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐— ๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐Ÿฐ.๐Ÿด๐Ÿณ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐Ÿฑ.๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฏ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ (according to data published on ocindex.net). It's now 2025 approaching. You think the situation has improved? ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐— ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐——๐—ฌ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐—›๐—˜๐—”๐—ง ๐—ช๐—›๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐——๐—ฅ๐—ฌ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—จ๐—ฃ. For 72 countries with the total human population of more than 2.3 billion, last June-August period became the hottest since at least 1970 (according to info published here: climatecentral.org/report/people-exposed-to-climate-change-june-august-2024). This ๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—•๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š is, as it's known, ๐—›๐—จ๐— ๐—”๐—ก-๐—–๐—”๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐——. ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐— ๐—”๐—œ๐—ก ๐—–๐—”๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ of it is, as it's known, carbon dioxide (CO2) entering the atmosphere from emissions caused by the burning of ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—Ÿ ๐—™๐—จ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ.

๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐— ๐—”๐—œ๐—ก ๐—–๐—”๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—•๐—ข๐—ง๐—› ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—–๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐— ๐—ฆ & ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—•๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š are those of high & ruling social classes. In other words, ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—›๐—ฌ. It's the wealthy that form & control a sociopolitical course the most. Most mobsters belong to the wealthy. It's the wealthy that consume more than the rest & cause the most CO2-containing fossil fuel emissions. All of the wealthy are corrupt to different degrees. Now, there's a good question to ask yourself: being the main causers of & contributors to all those problems, ๐—ช๐—›๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐——๐—ฌ ๐—›๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ง ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐—ง ๐—ช๐—˜๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—›๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—˜๐—— ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง?! A wicked good question keeping in mind that it's mostly unprivileged & way less corrupt people who are affected by both sociopolitical problems & the global warming caused by the corrupt wealthy. That's unacceptable, it's wrong to accept that. There's an option on how to decrease/slow down sociopolitical problems & the global warming. It's simple as rhyme schemes of most writers of pop & trap lyrics, but not in terms of how to reach the proposed. I don't see a better option of fixing the status quo than to get rid of as much of the corrupt wealthy as possible by both legal means &, if legal ones are blocked or ineffective due to governmental corruption, forcible ones. I don't mean everyone of the wealthy should be targeted, only ones that contribute to injustice more than do something good to society or its individual members. The groups of ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐—ง ๐—ช๐—˜๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—›๐—ฌ ๐—•๐—˜๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—™๐—œ๐—˜๐—— ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—•๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง๐—˜๐—— (in my view): ๐—”๐—จ๐—ง๐—›๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—”๐—ก ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ & ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—œ๐—ฅ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฌ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ, ๐— ๐—ข๐—•๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ, ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—Ÿ ๐—™๐—จ๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—•๐—•๐—ฌ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ.

I know what humanists & pacifists may say. Something like: "Yes, they're corrupt, but they are still humans, they have human rights. It's wrong to get rid of or put pressure on anyone by forcible means. Blah-blah-blah". On which, some would retort that it's justifiable to get rid of or put pressure on them by forcible means. (I'm not sure about some types of agents of authoritarian regimes & fossil fuel lobbyists, but) the majority of the former & mobsters deserve to be dealt with by forcible means, for they contribute to injustice, including by means of force, not being forced by their social situation to do so. There are justifiable wrongdoings (necessary/lesser evil) & unjustifiable ones. A food theft committed by a person dying from starvation, or a ****** of a murderer committed by a person in retribution for their significant other murdered by the very murderer are examples of justifiable wrongdoings. There's nothing like that when it comes to the afore-mentioned groups of the corrupt wealthy. The best justification of their contribution to injustice they have is that they do it to maintain & preserve their wealth & to survive physically under a corrupt system they're parts of. That's a wicked lame justification. They should never have become a part of a corrupt system in the first place. Contributors to injustice must face consequences of their actions. In other words, ยซ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—Ÿ ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—•๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—˜๐——ยป.

If whatever legal means to punish the afore-mentioned corrupt wealthy are blocked or ineffective due to governmental corruption, all anti-authoritarian-minded adult people in fine fettle should ๐—ง๐—”๐—ž๐—˜ ๐—” ๐—–๐—จ๐—˜ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ง๐—›๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—›๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช๐—ก ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—”๐——'๐—ฆ blood-shedding ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—š๐—œ๐— ๐—˜ recently or, as it was more than once mentioned by me, ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—š๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ being expert assassins, ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ž๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐— ๐—–๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ, ๐—๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ก "๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—— ๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐——" ๐—ง๐—ข๐——๐——, ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—œ๐—ฆ "๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ" ๐—–๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—Ÿ๐—˜, ๐—ฉ. All those problems can't be fixed under this **** liberal-capitalistic system, for it's flawed in ways making it able for corrupt creatures, such as the afore-mentioned wealthy, to exploit it. Think about it.

ยซ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ก๐—˜๐—–๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—จ๐— ๐—ฃ๐—› ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—Ÿ ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— ๐— ๐—˜๐—ก ๐—ง๐—ข ๐——๐—ข ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ก๐—šยป
ยซ๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ก ๐—œ๐—ก๐—๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—˜ ๐—•๐—˜๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ช, ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐—•๐—˜๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐——๐—จ๐—ง๐—ฌยป
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Jeremy Betts Dec 2024
Of course I went and messed up again
That's how everything for me comes to an end
What did I think was truly going to happen?
Especially when
My shoulder demon is my only friend
I can not even comprehend how it all began
Was I destined to be a heathen?
If we have to go back to the beginin'
Just leave it there and not mess with poison
I've been here before again and again
It's a trend that might hypothetically completely break me
Regardless of how well I can bend
They can't break the broken

ยฉ2024
Question or statement?
David P Carroll Dec 2024
A city called Gaza
Where trouble never ends and
Everlasting pain and death
And little children will bleed to death
And Palestinians are awaiting the
Dawn that will bring peace secure.
Israeli snipers fire at patients, staff at Kamal Adwan Hospital, director says.
TreeGoth Dec 2024
I am a ginger not the drink
But I am who i am
Take it out leave it
But this I will say
That you will pay the price for
You abscennce and abuse
By having my snap
Oh ginger snapps
Oh ginger snapps
But it will be justified
For who you treated me
Valentin Eni Nov 2024
No,
the poet is not always
the bringer of light!
he can also bring
darkness, hatred, and pain.
he can sing of evil and ugliness.
the poet knows how to squeeze out tears
and smear blood into your eyes.
from his nails, claws can grow
and from his teeth, fangs.
on his forehead, horns he could place
if ever needed.
No,
the poet is not necessarily
dressed in white garments.
he can pass through naked
and laugh madly in hysterics!
and if you strike him,
he will not always
turn the other cheek.
No,
the poet is no angel!
he is a woundโ€”always bleedingโ€”
on the sick heart of the World
and the sleepless eye on Its forehead,
the unforeseen eye.
This poem was originally written in Romanian.

Analysis of "No! The Poet"

Theme:
The poem challenges romanticized notions of poets as solely virtuous and enlightened figures, presenting a darker, multifaceted portrayal instead. The poet becomes a vessel for light and shadow, capable of evoking beauty and ugliness, healing and harm. This duality emphasizes the raw and unpredictable power of art and the humanity of its creator.

Tone and Structure:
The tone is defiant and provocative, confronting the readerโ€™s expectations with stark negations. The repeated "No" asserts the rejection of traditional archetypes and sets the poemโ€™s rhythm. The structure, with its free verse and escalating intensity, mirrors the chaotic, untamed energy of the poet described within.

Imagery and Meaning:

The Poet as a Creator of Duality:

"The poet is not always the bringer of light! / he can also bring darkness, hatred, and pain."
The poet is portrayed as a figure who embodies and expresses the full spectrum of human experience unbound by societal ideals of purity or enlightenment.
This duality challenges the reader to see poetry as more than a tool for comfort or beauty.

Violent and Monstrous Metaphors:

"From his nails, claws can grow / and from his teeth, fangs. / On his forehead, horns he could place."
The poet is likened to a beast or demon, underscoring creativity's primal, untamed nature. Poetry here is not sanitized but raw and visceral.
These images emphasize that poets may disturb or unsettle as much as they inspire.

Human Vulnerability:

"He is a woundโ€”always bleedingโ€” / on the sick heart of the World."
The poet is presented as deeply empathetic, absorbing and reflecting the worldโ€™s pain.
This wound symbolizes the poet's role as a witness and participant in humanityโ€™s suffering.

The Unforeseen Eye:

"The sleepless eye on Its forehead, / the unforeseen eye."
The poet becomes a seer, perceiving and revealing truths that others cannot or will not see.
This suggests a sense of duty or burden, as the poet remains ever-watchful and aware.

Message:
The poem asserts that poets are not merely idealistic figures of inspiration but complex beings who confront the full spectrum of lifeโ€™s darkness and light. They wield their art as both a weapon and a balm, embodying truth's chaotic, painful, and transformative power. The poetโ€™s role is to provoke, unsettle, and challenge while carrying the weight of the worldโ€™s wounds.

Conclusion:
"No! The Poet" is a bold and courageous portrayal of the poet as a figure of dualityโ€”creator and destroyer, angel and beast, healer and wound. By rejecting conventional expectations, the poem forces readers to reconsider the nature of art and its creators, emphasizing the poet's raw humanity and limitless potential. It is a celebration of poetryโ€™s ability to confront the sublime and the grotesque, offering a vision of art as both a mirror and a force of transformation.
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