It Is Not The Backhoe
what caused all the miseries of those
who were massacred
what is the symbol? it is not the backhoe
it is not even the driver of the backhoe
it is not the armalite
neither the bullets
it is that man who denies that he was there
it is not the impunity
it is those who used impunity, those who used the backhoe
those who used the drivers and the soldiers
it is those who use them all
up there
those who voted for them
finally
those who get the money
those who do not do anything
those who simply watch
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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This Culture Of Impunity
This culture of impunity,
Raising up lack of unity,
Killing all the art of creativity,
Disregarding the countries majority,
Letting the country in hands of stupidity,
A people with no activity,
This culture of impunity,
One that is killing humanity,
Killing each other in the community,
A government of totality,
One that forgets society,
Breaching all the arts of morality,
This culture of impunity,
One that has forgotten reality,
Embracing mediocrity,
Leading to future uncertainty,
Activating public liability,
But concealing its materiality,
This culture of impunity.
poem by Maselo George
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Yes
Untie the knot, patriarch,
the broken kiss was
intimidating.
The backhoe picks up the
devil, it was within you
when you were casting stone
at the fear.
The pagan was covered
with leaves
raw and pailful;
belief in a thought
was not working,
think, man think.
The system,
the birth of rebirth of sorrow
was the tragedy.
The shaper,
I am, still wandering
to find the words.
Satish Verma
* After reading the massacare of 57 people in southern island of Mindanao, Philippines on 23rd Nov 09
poem by Satish Verma
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you are right Bodoy
you are right about your song of the armalite
and its baby
you are realistic about the power of ammunitions
these bullets of the times
these domestic wars
fought between us
brothers
and
countrymen
the widows weep, the children are lost,
some strangers look for their bags of clothes
others for their arms and legs
others lose their senses
while on the negotiating tables
the sponsors of the war
are drawing the lines
in bold strokes
in percentages: how much goes to the supplier
of the armalite
and the baby armalite
how much goes to the mercenaries and the soldiers in the field
how much goes to the brokers
the spokesmen
and how about the civilians
those who lose their loved ones
you are right Bodoy
there is nothing for them
except perhaps his lousy poem
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Never, ever deal with terrorists. Hunt them down and, more important, mercilessly punish those states and groups that fund, arm, support, or simply allow their territories to be used by the terrorists with impunity.
quote by Meir Kahane
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Inside The Car One Rainy Day
inside the car one rainy day
one sees the scattering of people
who do not have anything
tears fall on your cheeks thinking
that you are miserable
you finally wipe them and look
at those other miseries of
children pushing carts to
hide their wares
of drivers looking
for their hard earned money
of women disappointed for
loss of customers
tonight
this damn rainy day that finally
gives you the comfort that
at least despite all your
self-invented sorrows
your
own chaos
you are still one
God damn lucky guy
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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All war aims for impunity.
quote by Michael Ignatieff
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Nobody does good to men with impunity.
quote by Auguste Rodin
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Nobody does good to man with impunity.
quote by Auguste Rodin
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We often do good in order that we may do evil with impunity.
quote by La Rochefoucauld
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I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity.
quote by John Le Carre
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They drink with impunity, or anybody who invites them.
quote by Charles Farrar Browne
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Invoking unity
let us sin with impunity-
it's the modern way.
poem by Morgan Michaels
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Sonnet: On Power
Let Pow'r be not a whip in hands of few;
If it be then, let it not flay with ease;
Let it remain a symbol, just a cue;
For that’s the way, the world can live in peace.
Authority is like a rubber Snake;
If live and poisonous, it gruesomely kills;
It should remain with you just for namesake;
And settle problems but not create ills.
Let Pow'r not corrupt persons in the chair;
Use it with impunity where needed;
'Tis not for use for purposes unfair;
Excessive pow’r displayed won't be heeded.
Power is just a robe, you don sometimes;
And hence, it cannot suit all men, all climes
poem by John Celes
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In the name of justice there cannot be subjection and in the name of peace there cannot be impunity.
quote by Alvaro Uribe Velez
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Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
quote by Ralph Chaplin
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