How Strange Poem by Valsa George

How Strange

Rating: 5.0


Peace and terror
Poetry and dull logic
Poverty and opulence
They coexist side by side

What strange concoction!
What hideous paradoxes!
No logical distribution!

We enjoy bounties we haven't earned
And suffer torments we don't deserve
Through dejection, we build hopes
And vainly seek pleasure born of pain
Here happiness is a waylaid fugitive
And sorrow a permanent inhabitant
We abhor life, yet strangely dread death
Here goodness is not always rewarded
Nor evil inexorably punished
Oh, I find no comforting supernal justice!

Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: justice
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Hannington Mumo 04 February 2015

Great piece. Check out my pieces as well.

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E Nigma 04 February 2015

Valsa I have to say this sounds like a poem that could have fallen out of my own library. I really like this poem for tone and message it carries which is justice and injustice come to all under the sun but for those of wealth and power that hand of justice is torn away. I can't really say what is fair or not because we have been taught the idea of fairness and adapted to the meaning of its interpretation. But what I can say is you have captured the essence of injustice, irony and paradox very well in these words and they are greatly & genuinely appreciated. Ed~

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Akhtar Jawad 05 February 2015

Importance of everything is due to its contrast, liked and enjoyed the poem for its thoughtful message and lovely style...........10

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Tirupathi Chandrupatla 05 February 2015

Through dejection, we build hope Paradoxes are everywhere. Man oscillates between the two extremes of peace and terror. Hope man comes out of this ambivalence some time.

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Rajesh Thankappan 05 February 2015

Life is a paradox and we do not know how its mysteries unfold. Let us hope that at the end everything has a justification because mankind as a whole seeks logic in all our action and in its consequences. Loved it.

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Chinedu Dike 05 November 2022

Profound philosophical lines; well conceived and exquisitely penned with conviction. A brilliant work of art. Thanks for sharing, Madam. Remain enriched.

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Dr Dillip K Swain 22 May 2022

Here goodness is not always rewarded Nor evil inexorably punished....very keen and true observation!

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Amitava Sur 22 February 2015

And there lies the irony of human life that the sorrows and pains, mostly we consider as the result of either of this life bad deeds or if we don't find console ourselves saying earlier lives' after effect! ! Still, mostly, we do not agree that this human life itself is majorly comprised with miseries only! ! ! ! ! ! ! A genuine topic you raised... Thank you

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Alesia Leach 15 February 2015

Yes a strange concoction and your poem wonderfully illustration the two aspects we can only hope to find an inner peace.

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Edward Kofi Louis 12 February 2015

Nice piece of work. Thanks for sharing this poem with us. E.K.L.

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