The Blue Note Poem by John Dowdall

The Blue Note

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The brutal don't know what song to sing,

They cannot see the path to take,

away from their fire and their hatred,

they would kill their own sisters for.

Love breaths eternal breaths into this world.




They breathe war before peace.

They put the tune before the song.

The rest of us are -to them- but natives

savaged by the cruelest sea. So, breath

in and understand the mysteries of the ocean.




A consciousness which rejects Islamophobia,

Christian hatred and people turning on one another.

Nothing, to be harvested from a primal scream, only true

feeling from an ethereal dream. A dream unknown by those

who couldn't bare it to come true.





In unison, a blue note sounds softly on a lyre,

a Sufi turns and a hymnal song is borne.

Your heart is a wheel and your life is a song.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Hazel Durham 09 March 2015

Outstanding write, hatred breeds hatred, as people turn against each other from fear of the power to control and change them into puppets, but hate makes us into evil people that in the end we destroy ourselves.

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John Dowdall 17 September 2015

Thanks Hazel

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Gleb Zavlanov 02 September 2013

One of the best poems I've ever read! Such deep meaning and really moving. Sadly, your words are true. War and hatred has swept mankind and more is in store. Very well written and keep up the spectacular work!

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Shaun Payton 23 January 2012

Instantly one of my favorite poems I've ever read!

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Romeo Della Valle 26 December 2011

Speechless! What a deep and well penned write that really moved me when reading and enjoying it! Definitely a masterpiece that clearly shows your talent! Thank you for sharing and keep it up! God Bless You! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Love and Peace for always! Romeo from New York City! ....

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