Analysis of Just Some Perspectives



Just Some Perspectives ©
Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.
August 4, 2022

Funny how anyone who has know bias in life
Can spew hate filled words as sharp as a knife
Forget a long history replete with derision
And manifest cruelty in every decision
I see it today at every turn
It makes my vintage spirit angry and burn
To make others suffer for just being true
To their genuine selves in this red, white and blue
Well I have no solutions, No remedy nor cure
All I can do is open the door
To compassion, to inclusion
Be as peaceful as a dove
And direct all my energy
To kindness and love


Scheme XXX AABBCCDDXXBEXE
Poetic Form
Metre 11010 101011 10 101101111001 1111111101 0101100011010 010100100010 1110111001 11110101001 11101011101 111001011101 1111010110011 111111001 10101010 1110101 00111100 11001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 578
Words 117
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 14
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 227
Words per stanza (avg) 56

About this poem

A commentary on bigotry in the nation and those supporting it

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Written on August 04, 2022

Submitted by shulman.gary on August 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.

Gary Shulman, MS. Ed. has spent a lifetime supporting vulnerable families and children. He began his career working with children with and without disabilities in an inclusive Head Start program in Brooklyn NY. He then transitioned to become the Special Needs and Early Childhood Coordinator for the Brooklyn Children's Museum for 10 years. His passion for advocacy grew as he worked more and more with parents of children with disabilities. For over 24 years he passionately advocated for the needs of these parents as the Social Services and Training Director for Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. in NYC. The last 8 years of his working life, Mr. Shulman served as a private Special Needs Consultant conducting hundreds of training sessions throughout NYC and beyond to help parents and professionals find and access the services and systems required to facilitate maximizing the potential of their children with disabilities. Now Mr. Shulman is happily retired in Palm Springs CA, but still volunteers his time any way he can to provide information to those in need of his expertise. Today, Gary enjoys sharing his poetry that he passionately writes with the goal of leaving this world a better place one word at a time. more…

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