A Current Poem.
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A poem I wrote a few years back about life in the inner city of a state capitol. In sight of the capital building but worse for the wear as a result. I was verry bitter at the time and not at all enthused by politics and no longer interested in journalism. My cities murder rate grew to above washington DC's to the point where one shooting per day was the norm. Crack houses, decrepit used car lots, and empty lots defined the neighborhood where I grew up and where three generations of my family had lived. I wrote it before I came to Current, I was struggling to find any outlet for expression any way to vent my frustration at what I was witnessing. I heard two shootings from my home. Two murders. The poem that followed was so opinionated that it was published in a literary journal not in the poetry section but in oppinion. I sent it to the Mayor's office and recieved a kind reply. The following year conditions improved, I actualy came to work for the city, in arts services. Doing outreach and working at the first public arts facility in my city giving children in my neighborhoos access to art and education instead of violence and I found Current a place where I never had to feel frustrated about my oppinion or anyone elses, a televison station that actualy cared. It's an idea so novel that even now as an employee I haven't gotten over how refreshing it was to find such a place. I am posting this in response to a new user who I urged to post her views in a webcam format. I said that poetry was applicable and that a webcam might be a good way of expressing her views in a way another site couldn't allow. So here goes, "Crying All the Same by Gabriel Canada."
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- News and Politics, Politics, Crime, Spoken Word
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- Politics, News and Politics, Crime, Viewpoints, 3 more
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Fenlon
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poetry allows a broader response to experience. a poetic description takes power back from the situation, by allowing the writer to own and describe something otherwise deeply elusive.
- 5 years ago
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Fenlon
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pinkpoet83
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(And that person is me!) YAAAAY, poetry has found a comfy seat here at current!
- 5 years ago
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pinkpoet83
