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barbsdad2003
Aug 15, 2009 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

I know

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I
know

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so sad it is that
when respect's well earned, she's
not then forthcoming
                                          ---barbsdad
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truly
gifted folks often
suffer bullying through those
trying years in school---
and

even
as adults, as
is apparent
here

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theladyblue

theladyblue

16 years 8 months ago

I was bullied in school and

I was bullied in school and am now looked at with weary eye but never here...the only bullying that I have even encountered here was because of my critique...dont really understand how a place that is centered round critique can be such a dangerous place for those who only have the intent of helping...then again...many go too far I understand... and so I am counted with the masses...equality at last... <3 Emarie ___________________________________________________________________________________ "i read you and see…that between the pen, paper and you…there is little room for me…" ~ heart breaker~ Go Live & Get Rewarded!!! Check us out at http://www.neopoet.com/forum/20761 & the Community Calendar!!!
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orgami

16 years 8 months ago

disguised as helping

like poetry as social commentary some chose personal anger as help and fly flags of colour for vendettas set off by anything society jobs marriages relationships are full of this so many sit waiting hoping that it will blow over all our power as rational humans gets sat back by the animalism that permeates the situation and makes that awful "smell" theres an italian word for this Brutcha something like that Its appropriate I like the "family" they were good to me I always wait and there always is a moment given by God to enact what is required like the wolf who culls the weak I love the strength of this poem resonating You have a great pen sir
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barbsdad2003

16 years 8 months ago

Wow!

Your comment (and its form) resonates with my every cell. What a beautiful way you have of getting right to the heart/nub/center/soul. I posted this piece a bit reluctantly, assumed there'd be no attention paid to it ... and also assumed that whatever attention might come would not be cloaked in understanding. You've proven me wrong. On both counts. And I thank you for that. Yours, Chuck
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Marie-I-Be

16 years 8 months ago

apropos

No way was I going to miss this one, Chuck. You see so clearly, write so cleanly. It's a beautiful thing to behold.
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barbsdad2003

16 years 8 months ago

Wow!

Not one person got the import/meaning underlying this. In fact, two got it! I can conceive of no greater compliment than to be understood. Thanx much, Chuck
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Marie-I-Be

16 years 8 months ago

compliments

Yes, that's the best kind of compliment! (You're a bit tricky, aren't you, Chuck!) Very nice, your new self-quote you've added. And I like your "fact" that respect is a she!
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barbsdad2003

16 years 8 months ago

Thanx ...

... for dropping in here. And for commenting. And starring. I've never been to India, though I read lots about her (and hers), while hoping that at least some of what I read is accurate. Fascinating country/culture(s), in my view. Again thanx, Chuck
deelilah

deelilah

16 years 8 months ago

Chuck

You are more sensitive than I, but I can tell you this, we would have been friends in school. Yours, Deelilah
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

16 years 8 months ago

Chuck

Bullying is a terrible thing and leaves the victim feeling shattered. Where are you? Please know that you are missed... very much so. Always, Cat
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Marie-I-Be

16 years 8 months ago

note

Chuck wrote this poem for and about me. It is not about him. In disapproval of certain behaviors at this site, he has left Neopoet.
Mark

Mark

16 years 3 months ago

bah humbug

Chuck is an Icon here, I refuse to believe he has left and will not come back. He has helped me so much. He is viewed above all by me as "Elder" I suppose bullying in school and those who have mastered it as adults means the same thing - hurt. Like most bad I think it can be so easy to fall into or do, but fixing it can be so difficult. I think the good in stead is an uphill chase, only if "she" is a part of you will it be accomplished. Thanks, Chuck, Mark "some things change, some things do not"