O lovely Earth, what have you become,And it's beautiful people, why not live as one?
As with a blossoming flower blooms beauty,
And with the rising sun dawns warmth,
so does a sharing heart, spread the scent of peace,
A deep necessity for our planet Earth.
O lovely Earth, what have you become,
And it's beautiful people, why not live as one?
The avian in flight-look, they have no care,
The ants that scurry, at themselves lay no snare,
Yet as to fish is the lure, is used mammon to the poor,
While the wealthy fisherman again wins there.
O lovely Earth, what have you become,
And it's beautiful people, why not live as one?
Where are tho
September 10th
World Suicide Prevention Day 2014
Hey guys, Kate here. I’m this year’s Disability and Mental Health Rep at my University so I wrote this article for our Students' Union blog and I just wanted to take a little time to share it here too and to tell you that today is World Suicide Prevention Day. The World Health Organisation considers suicide a global issue and suggests that part of its international plans to combat it include more awareness and understanding of the problem.1 A little bit of this article is specific to my University but most of it is sound advice that everyone should read and consider.
All very in
Portrait Of Black Jesus by chromeantennae, literature
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Portrait Of Black Jesus
Portrait of Black Jesus
i asked a painter the other day
“paint me a portrait of black jesus”
and he looked at me
like he really did see the holy ghost
and he asked me to repeat my request.
“paint me a portrait of black jesus,”
“don’t you know that is blasphemous?”
“no, i do not know. i believe in him as you do--”
“jesus wasn’t and isn’t black,”
“have you met him?”
he seemed confused at my question,
“what did you ask me?”
“have you met him?”
“well of course i have,”
“and what does he look like?”
“h
The Fat Acceptance Movement, Chapter 1 by iMariposa, literature
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The Fat Acceptance Movement, Chapter 1
The Fat Acceptance Movement is a subject that I could write about forever, and from numberless angles. A discussion on the Movement could cause me to delve into body image, psychology, health, social values, and countless other areas. Perhaps I will write about each of those separately – for the time being, however, I will simply introduce the topic, beginning with my personal experience with body image issues and fat acceptance.
In my country, most people would not call me “fat”. In the Caribbean, the ideal female figure is generally considered to be one which is “well-rounded”, with ample breasts and hips. A t
teens and bad weather by PokeLoverMeso, literature
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teens and bad weather
What do most parents worry about when their children go out driving and bad weather hits? The hazards. What kinds of hazards you may ask? Well some of the winter hazards are icy roads, sudden snowstorms, high winds, blizzards, etc. Some other hazards are, tornadoes, high winds, thundershowers, etc. When a teenager goes out driving they sometimes panic when a storm hits. But there is a way that teen drivers can prevent accidents in bad weather, look up the forecast online, or watch the news that morning or before you go to sleep.
Prevention; Some ways of preventing teen accidents in bad weather is to check the wipers for rain and snow, mak
Important Topics Poetry- Bullying by FireAngelOfSymmetry, literature
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Important Topics Poetry- Bullying
We start all the same.
Equal in every way.
Until we enter this godforsaken world.
Then everything changes.
We get judged for colour, race, age
Almost everything about us.
Names, homes, likes, dislikes.
We are treated as if we aren’t human…
Some of us get bullied because of these things.
And some of us make it through the tough times without a mark.
But some aren’t so lucky….
Some of us suffer through not just physical but mental pain.
Some of us don’t just get hurt by the bullies…
We hurt ourselves…
We can’t take the pain but we continue on.
We get called emo, fat, slut
anything that they kn
The brown side of slavery by HeartFordTheOriginal, literature
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The brown side of slavery
It was so hard to breathe, for more reasons than the irksome chain on my neck and the little room each of us had. Another factor of this restraint on my respiration, would be the thick, moist scent of sweaty bodies pressed together in a poorly ventilated space, like anchovies. I'm not talking about heat sweat, I speak of the sweat that comes from an athletes armpits after a workout. There is one aspect of this place, that segregates it from a tin of anchovies: the inside of the tin smelled better then our current location. In truth, an entire fish market smelled more pleasent.
I couldn't sleep, for I only dreamed about my son and
Racism
Some are blind to it.
Others try to stop it.
It can cause destruction,
Death of innocents,
And great hatred.
You can learn it,
You can teach it,
But you can get rid of it.
It is only skin deep,
But can bring pain deep within.
It has left its scar on history,
With genocide and injustice.
Injustice for many lasted,
For years and years.
It still exists today,
But hidden,
Striking when we’re vulnerable.
It poisons us and corrupts us.
It spreads like a virus.
Racism, humanities true plague.
Breaking News.
That's somebody's mother.
Who was beaten and raped by another
Individual who couldn't control their seedy sexual desires.
Just because you can't smell the stench of burning skin.
Doesn't mean this world isn't intrinsically on fire.
That's somebody's daughter.
Who was kidnapped, molested and tortured.
By another who couldn't control their dishevelled cravings.
Super heros do not exist in this reality.
Does that mean this world is not worth saving?
That's somebody's father.
Who was shot by another individual who would rather
Resort to violence to settle a trivial dispute.
The things humans can do to each other.
No
Women In Society: Label by CrazyCapricorn, literature
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Women In Society: Label
A follow up to 'Emancipation'
She wakes up and faces the world
One morning
And finds that time stops and stares
Society scorning at her
Because it's one label
That can change society,
in general,
and their perception of her
Not what dress size she is
Although that's also helpful
in determining what sort of person she is
Skinny or flat out Fat
(oh the irony)
Anorexia, bulimia or even just
letting go way too much,
A label can really pack a punch
Make her skip lunch
Send thoughts in her head
To make her look in the mirror
Her perception of her shattered
Like her family's lives when they pick up the body
What went through her head?
Or maybe