I have always been inspired by a poem written by Earl C. De Mott entitled "The World Journeys On." Before beginning our discussions (and I hope they will be discussions) I would like to give you the opportunity to read it:
The World Journeys On
Walk past the killing fields, the oil spills, the famished,
the residents of the streets, the unemployed, the smallpox
patients, the corporate scandals, the greed, the human rights
violations, the court battles, the domestic abuse, the racial
inequality, the prejudice and bias, the nuclear weapons
buildups, the arsons and rapes and abductions and media
blitzes, the jihads and crusades, the cold war, and the hot war,
and the war without words that sucks
the soul out of the living...
Walk past it all, and you have a beautiful world.
- Earl. C. De Mott
patients, the corporate scandals, the greed, the human rights
violations, the court battles, the domestic abuse, the racial
inequality, the prejudice and bias, the nuclear weapons
buildups, the arsons and rapes and abductions and media
blitzes, the jihads and crusades, the cold war, and the hot war,
and the war without words that sucks
the soul out of the living...
Walk past it all, and you have a beautiful world.
- Earl. C. De Mott
2 comments:
Thank you for highlighting my poem. It was a rare occurance that I googled myself to look for the very poem you highlighted. I now teach at Virginia Beach public schools and have just concluded a project called Ambassadors of Change: The Uganda Project in which we raised 10,000$ in 7 months for building a school. I am always looking for partners and always looking for a chance to share my poetry. Thank you for assisting in this. Let me say that it amazes me that this poem in particular has touched so many and I appreciate every comment I get on it. Hopefully I will include it in a collection of poems sometime by the end of this calendar year. If you are interested in Ambassadors of Change or more poetry, let me know. I am at eliczek@hotmail.com or 1-757-427-3516. Thank you so much. Earl C. DeMott
Well, first of all thank you for your comment on my poem. It is in a rare circumstance that I googled myself in order to find a lost poem I wrote for the Opening Cermony of World Affairs Seminar in Wisconsin, and find exactly what I was looking for: "The World Journeys On" To find it and to note that it inspired once and continues to inspire is amazing, so thank you. I am presently a global issues teacher in Virginia Beach (moved from my hometown of Whitewater Wisconsin) to find more internationalism elsewhere, and I still do write. I am two breaths away from publishing a collection and am pleased that you chose my poem to highlight on your blog. I am at eliczek@hotmail.com or at earl.demott@vbschools.com if you wish to see more. Thanks, Earl C. DeMott
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