#Red #parents, #Blue #teachers

Red parents, angry,
blue teachers exhausted
no middle ground
a reflection of the nation
Red states, blue states,
unable to have a conversation
separate languages, a divide.
 
Untied more than united,
a cleavage, a coarseness
to our dialogue,
to the existent
one exists at all
A red and blue nation
no comity, no community.
 
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April 7, 2022

Red parents, blue teachers

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/red-parents-blue-teachers.html

 

poetry, red states, blue states, right, left, Republican, Democrat, voices, conversation, anger, comity, community, America, division, FOX News, MCNBC, camps

 

#poetry #redstates #bluestates #right #left #Republican #Democrat #voices #conversation #anger #comity #community #America #division #FOXNews #MSNBC

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

The chattering of the elders - v3

 The chattering of the elders - v3

Echoing across the chasm

the green space, the yard

the chattering of the elders

a debate, a protest,

high up in the treetops

in the silence of the storm.

No clouds visible

but the wind a gale

a living presence I can sense

a murmuring high above me

building, subsiding,

repeating again.

A circling cloud of movement

like a flock of birds turning

starlings, maybe ravens,

moving with the wind

the maples, the poplars, the firs,

rimming the yard.

The debate swirling, arguments,

positions spoken, rejoining

moving beyond this space

like a stamping herd of mustangs

melting into the forest

beyond our yard.

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edited September 1, 2020

The chattering of the elders - v3

edited August 31, 2020

The chattering of the elders – v2

August 31, 2020

The chattering of the elders

poem, poetry, wind, trees, nature, conversation, debate, talking,

#poem #poetry #wind #trees #nature #conversation #debate #talking

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

The chattering of the elders - v2

 The chattering of the elders - v2

echoing across the chasm

the green space, the yard

the chattering of the elders

a debate, a protest,

high up in the treetops

in the silence of the storm.

no clouds visible

but the wind a gale

a presence I can sense

a murmuring above me

building subsiding,

repeating again.

the debate swirling, arguments,

positions spoken, rejoining

moving beyond this space

like a stamping herd of mustangs

melting into the forest

beyond our yard.

--------------------

edited August 31, 2020

The chattering of the elders – v2

August 31, 2020

The chattering of the elders

#poem #poetry #wind #trees #nature #conversation #debate #talking

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

The chattering of the elders

 The chattering of the elders

echoing across the chasm

the green space, the yard

the chattering of the elders

a debate, a protest,

high up in the treetops

in the silence of the storm

no clouds visible

but the wind a gale

a murmuring above me

the debate swirling, rejoining

moving beyond this space

like a stamping herd of mustangs

melting into the forest

beyond our yard.

August 31, 2020

the chattering of the elders

#poem #poetry #wind #trees #nature #conversation #debate #talking

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.