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Published: 2006-05-28 13:09:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 179; Favourites: 6; Downloads: 6
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Why are we testedWhat will be bested
Our minds are not rested
Our bodies are festered
With illness and stress and the fear of the failure
It will never be over
From the Highlands to Dover
And the land of the clover
We are made to bend over
To conform to the system of tests and exams
Our minds are now rotted
The veins become knotted
The ‘i’s have been dotted
But the ink is now blotted
My body gives up on this fruitless expression
Throughout all our life
We are faced with this strife
It will end with a knife
And he’ll get no wife
School has given the boy no future but death
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Comments: 7
This one is slick Will.
It NEEDS to be read out loud to gett he best effect.
Very cool.
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wohoo! kage's first DA submission :woot: This is lovely piece and works so well as a spoken word poem. The last stanza is the most though provocking. Alot of people view schools as mindless instuitues that shove pre judged knowledge down young people's throats, and I for the most part agree. But this reminds me of the Columbian school shooting, which gives it a much sadder and depresiev tone.
great work mate, cant wait to see more ^.^
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Very nice, I think I will take your reply into consideration and get rid of the word 'this'. In retrospect it is a bit too long.
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The idea is really interesting and the structure seems to capture the meaning, the monotony of the system that perpetuates itself over and over. I'm loving lines 11 through 15, but the last ones are not as acomplished as the rest of the poem. Good job though!
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Thanks for the response, I appreciate it. :smile:
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