A Deficit Of Action

Robert loughran 1962 (Ireland)



Thought does not
make amends,
for a deficit of action.
A considered response ,
a poor relation,
to an honest gut reaction.
,
Talk does not dress wounds.
Repair the roads.
or grow the food..
.Reasons are like seasons they change
 with the weather.

Questions now come with answers,
a set course., a menu.
Every interaction codified
what you should or shouldn't do.

Academia produces dullards..
merit no longer merited
The scum has risen to the top.
and that's what our children have inherited. .

About this poem

just some thoughts on the disintegrating standards

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Written on March 11, 2024

Submitted by robertl.92681 on March 11, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XABXBB XXXXX XCXC ADXD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 496
Words 99
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 12, 4, 4

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