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Sea-sickness

Earle Francis Brown

It must be sea-sickness.
Her stomach is stir up;
it growls louder, and louder.
She coughs up high surges and spits on humanity.
Yes, the great one is sad;
 bluer she gets,
as the days go by.

Civilization sucks ….
oil from straws passing through the belly of the deep;
crude is the conscience of this beast.
Darkness seeps on the ocean floor,
suffocating the coral reefs.
Ears were numb to the billows roar
 until the black blob washed ashore.

Wise guys devise white lies
Of how much poison she is forced to drink.
Refinement reeks loudly,
so stink,
as foul as a politician,
 and the great one whisper hushed the land:
“Down with social progress.”
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

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Scheme XXXAXXX XXXBXBB XCACXXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 632
Words 117
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 7
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Earle Francis Brown

I was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica. I was told that I can write, so I wrote and continues to write. I am currently living in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. I enjoy reading "real" poetry. My favorite books are the Pslams, Proverbs and Songs of Solomon.Poetry is not just vocabulary, and use of metaphors and formats. Don't be tricked. Poetry should speak life. I love a poem that tells a story. The most memorable poems are the ones that tell someone's story. I don't care about ratings; the truth is always hated. People are people where-ever we go. more…

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