April 15: My day of Mourning
This proud American (veteran) is bitter over the waste/cost!3 total reviews
Comment from Jeano
Not exactly poetic but the message comes through loud and clear. I read all the entries and you've got my vote. It's completely different than the others but boy, can I relate. Good luck with the contest.
reply by the author on 25-Mar-2024
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Not exactly poetic but the message comes through loud and clear. I read all the entries and you've got my vote. It's completely different than the others but boy, can I relate. Good luck with the contest.
Comment Written 24-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 25-Mar-2024
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Thank! So glad you stopped by! So glad you joined our group. I read your page. Like you, I had written poems, but only things like our family Christmas cards and silly stuff. But, since joining 4 years ago, I have submitted around 350 poems. By answering a challenge, it stretches my interests and excitement. This one is probably only the 2nd where I have used bad words, but I was in the mood. We just started working on taxes last week. Otherwise, I usually write on the humor side of life and aging. Well, welcome aboard, and as we said in the 60's, "write on!"
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Sincere thanks for your support! I won First Place on this tax-exempt epistle! Sincerely, Reese
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
I agree with you here, we pay our taxes and have no say in how our money is spent. I enjoyed your powerful post and many will identify with these words, the tax collector has a lot to answer for, love Dolly x
reply by the author on 24-Mar-2024
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I agree with you here, we pay our taxes and have no say in how our money is spent. I enjoyed your powerful post and many will identify with these words, the tax collector has a lot to answer for, love Dolly x
Comment Written 24-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 24-Mar-2024
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Yes, Ms. Dolly, we taxpayers are used and abused. Our traditions here, starting with throwing tea in the harbor, have long been ignored by those who "serve" us. Thanks for stopping by!
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Oh yes the Boston Tea party of 1773. I wrote a poem about it a while back:
Strong Indian Leaf
taxed the minds of colonists
sips of hot tension
Madness prevails.
Love Dolly x x x
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I've never understood why the colorists dressed like Indians to protest the tax on the English tea they were drinking. But, it is a great story. Since I married a yankee gal from Massachusetts, we spend some of every summer up there. I just love the feel. BTW: we colonists like your Princess very much and we get all the news. Blessings to her and the Royal family and England...
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Thank you for your blessings, Catherine needs all the support she can get just now after her cancer diagnosis x x x x
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Sincere thanks for your support! I won First Place on this tax-exempt epistle! Sincerely, Reese
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Well done x
Comment from Topeking
Very strong artwork that accompanies what is going on in the poem. I love that you started poem with 'Aw,shit!' Because the person involved is already a defeated foe at the very first line of the poem and we often use curse words to show our anger or as a coping mechanism when we are in great danger. 'Tax time again!' Shows this issue is an ever ending cycle that hunts every living soul that works under the government's authorities. I presume the 'crooked bastards' are corrupted people in power that spend our hard earned money on reckless decisions. I really feel the tension, the anger and the lack of hope towards the person in this poem. Tax is truly a bondage that affects ordinary people who work tirelessly just to make a living. I love that you used your poem to tackle or highlight political issues that we face as people in the society.
reply by the author on 24-Mar-2024
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Very strong artwork that accompanies what is going on in the poem. I love that you started poem with 'Aw,shit!' Because the person involved is already a defeated foe at the very first line of the poem and we often use curse words to show our anger or as a coping mechanism when we are in great danger. 'Tax time again!' Shows this issue is an ever ending cycle that hunts every living soul that works under the government's authorities. I presume the 'crooked bastards' are corrupted people in power that spend our hard earned money on reckless decisions. I really feel the tension, the anger and the lack of hope towards the person in this poem. Tax is truly a bondage that affects ordinary people who work tirelessly just to make a living. I love that you used your poem to tackle or highlight political issues that we face as people in the society.
Comment Written 23-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 24-Mar-2024
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Wow. Yours is the most thoughtful and supportive review I have ever received. Thank you! The prompt allowed me the opportunity to vent just as I was preparing my tax return. I feel much better now!
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I am glad my review can console you a little bit! Thank you for your poem!
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Sincere thanks for your support! I won First Place on this tax-exempt epistle! Sincerely, Reese
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Well done! It is well deserved!
