Attitudes

If certain creatures do thy thoughts uphold,
As cant, and thy opinion label racist tripe.
Let not your quailing heart fail, but be bold.
Maintain thy right and cut deep through the hype.
To see the other’s viewpoint is a must,
But ‘others’ oft by bias chosen be,
Respect for all such others is but just.
Let mighty men, or others but decree
‘That is mere bigotry,’ on TV Sky,
The tree of tolerance is rashly felled,
And one poor women merely wonders ‘Why?’
A working woman’s viewpoint, fairly held,
Is slandered, slighted, ‘Not right-thinking she,’
Because the crone doth disagree with ME!

With humblest apologies to the great Bard,

Now have at that.

23 thoughts on “Attitudes”

  2. Will return later for a proper read. Nice to see creative writing going up here though, at last…

  3. Have to say, I’m with Furry on this one, Bravo. Message neither received nor understood.
    Perhaps you would care to clarify?

    It would not do to misinterpret the intention of the author; better to ask, before commenting further.

  4. You are into confessions and apologies today.Many a slip between cup and lip though.

  6. Maybe I’m missing some sub text, but this seems be a clear reference to the Gordon Brown/Mrs Duffy incident and to the fact that some people choose to label their opponents’ views as being outwith the pale just because said views are not the same as their own and without making any attempt to actually debate those views.

    Could, of course, be wrong.

  7. bravo22c :

    No explanations, no clarifications, make of it what you will – or nothing.

    John has picked up the Brown/Mrs Duffy reference which I also understood.
    The rest of it is as clear as mud. So nothing, Bravo.

  8. That’s the message I’m picking up Mr Mackie… but it is 4.30 am, so I could well be wrong.

  10. Boa; hiya. Thanks for your messages last weekend. I replied today; sorry for delay.

  11. Hello Bravo22c, this is 21Alpha, say again all after “If certain creatures do thy thoughts uphold”, over. 🙂

  13. Clearly, the muse passed by on the other side of the street where I was concerned. I’ll stick to what I’m good at, in future. All that effort making it scan and fit the form too, Bugrit!

    Thanks, JM. At least you and I know what I was on about – though, given the rest of the comments, (less Claire, thank you,) I’m not sure whether that is a compliment or not 🙂

  14. Bravo; it is good…readers are supposed to play around with poetry a bit, with the rhythms and nuances and so on. I think we’re so used to having meaning handed to us on a plate in a lot of modern fiction, films and so on that it initially seems like a big effort to read poetry. But sometimes meaning doesn’t always leap out on first reading, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing…

  15. Your comment #13
    I read it as “not”, Bravo, but then again it just my interpretation. This poetry lark is fraught with difficulties. 😉

  16. Slightly confused by modern and archaic mixture, of both syntax and language.

  17. bravo22c :

    Clearly, the muse passed by on the other side of the street where I was concerned.

    In my case, I was on the other side of town. I did not even see her passing by…

    Nonetheless, your efforts were not in vain – I reckon I picked up the message loud and clear. 🙂

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