In the garden the capeweed are blooming amidst the lush green

He told in verse how black skin equalled whiteAnd in what he wrote of course the poet was right.He wrote the famous verses at a timeWhen to be black was looked on as a crimeA lesson in human love perhaps one dayThat others might learn from what he had to say.His verses put him in…

To the value of human life very demeaning and to the war mongers to apologize would seem loss of faceThe World without red necked so called leaders would surely be a better place.Collateral means descended from the same stock or connectedAnd the words collateral damage human life demeanUsed mostly in the deaths of civilians in…

On the sensitive issue of whaling will tell you that this is all liesThat killing in the name of science of marine mammals has always only been a guiseFor commercialism at the expense of endangered species the human record on conservation is badThe number of creatures extinct and facing extinction for to contemplate even too…

And though since his birth he has lived in the districtHe is a man not many people know.Many who have lived here for a few years known far betterThough they are not as generous or kindSuppose he is one who keeps a low profileStill men like him are rare and hard to find.He is not…

And all of his class mates say his poems are goodAnd are well written and easily understood.But Aaron’s teacher sees it differentlyPerhaps the man is touched by jealousyHis advice to Aaron give verse writing awayAnd more attention to your studies pay.In class the teacher found him with a poemAnd little mercy to the boy was…

Though out of his breeding Season and though the Spring seems far awayFrom tree to tree he flies and whistles in the bright sunshine of day.His song cannot be mistaken once heard you know him againAnd why most of the fine feathered songsters for to look at do seem rather plainIs somehow beyond me to…