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A tribute to those who died in France today (7 Jan 2015)
2015
Je Suis Charlie
by mountainwriter49
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| Category: | Commentary and Philosophy Poetry |
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Posted: | January 7, 2015 Views: 229 |
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Je Suis Charlie
Our freedom of speech was assailed today
when men in black killed twelve good souls in France.
They were brave members of the Fourth Estate
who’ve dared to publish that which might offend.
When men in black killed twelve good souls in France,
‘twas like the bullets pierced our hearts and minds
and brought back nightmares from our nine-eleven.
But who were these good souls who dared to speak?
They were brave members of the Fourth Estate
who drew and wrote of things that made one think
of things in ways which one might not have thought.
Oh, great are they who’ve challenged us to think;
who’ve dared to publish that which might offend.
Our freedom of speech was assailed today
when men in black killed twelve good souls in France.
They were brave members of the Fourth Estate.
7 January 2015
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Author Notes
POETIC FORM:
I not really sure what to call this. I used the Quatern as a guide, but varied from its line repeating pattern and avoided end rhyme. While most of the poem is written in iambic meter, there is some meter variance as well as line length variance. I had originally posted this with the title "Freedom of Speech-Part 1," but have retitled it to better reflect the events at hand--Je Suis Charlie!
WORDS:
Fourth Estate = reference to journalism and the media
INPSIRATION:
Dawn (Ideasaregems-Dawn)-posted a poem earlier tonight about the terrorist attack in Paris earlier today. She encouraged me to also write about this tragedy. Thank you, Dawn!
Thank you for reading my poetry.
-Ray
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