Tag: political
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Crumpled Words – a poem
“Crumpled Words”a poem by Jeremy C Kester We think words with such powerOnly to toss them asideUnimportant like a lost breathFrom years agoForgotten and discardedWhy do we give them such weight?If we but act so careless with themChanging their meanings withoutArtful forms of creative chaseOnly with hate in mindWe crumple their meaningDemanding honors and worshipBut…
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Words to Ponder #3
“Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. They know its power. Thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers, founded in injustice and wrong, are sure to tremble, if…