Do you think your poems could change the corrupted minds of others?

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   ROMANCER OF LIFEposted 14 years ago

   Share a poem that you feel would help to change the mind of a corrupted soul. Meaning: A soul that has been damaged by abuse, a broken heart, etc. How would you encourage the mind of a person who already thinks that the world is not a place that they want to live in; to change their mindset? And encourage them to be positive and that life is full of happiness and sadness, but it's important to keep moving forward. How would you express that message to them in a poem?

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      klarawieckposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      WHERE HAVE YOU GONE,
      LITTLE BOY
      By Patty L. Harjo
      
      Where have you gone, Little Boy,
      with the Elfen smile?
      Where did you go yesterday?
      Do your eyes still outshine the stars?
      Does your voice whisper softer than the wind?
      Where have we gone from Yesterday?
      When i left you there was no smile, no stars, or
      words.
      i gave you no understanding Yesterday.
      Each day i remember and wonder if you still
      remember our Yesterdays
      Little Boy with the Elfen smile my very first love
      If i should see you again, will you give me more
      Yesterdays from your tomorrows?

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         ROMANCER OF LIFEposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Wow that's beautiful!

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      manlypoetrymanposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I like your thinkin'..."A message in a Poem"...That's good thinkin' right there... I tell ya'!

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         rebekahELLEposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         I like that message in a poem, clever wording.
         
         poems as any written language have power to change people's mood or frame of mind. if any of mine do, that would be wonderful.
         
         why else does a writer write, if not to influence someone?
         here's one I just found in my files.
         
         Go gently
         into
         your garden
         and
         weed
         out the unwanted,
         The torn,
         the tangled
         vines
         Choking
         Life blood.
         And
         Love
         will make
         blooms
         Open
         to scent your world
         lovely.
         
         maybe not change a corrupt mind, but may lift a mood.

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            kathryn1000posted 13 years agoin reply to this

            I love that

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      ediggityposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Normally I would go with my favorite Haiku:
      Haikus are easy
      but sometimes they don’t make sense
      Refrigerator
      
      But this one seems more appropriate for your topic
      
      If by Rudyard Kipling:
      
      
      IF.....
      
      IF you can keep your head when all about you
      Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
      If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
      But make allowance for their doubting too;
      If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
      Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
      Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
      And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
      If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
      If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
      If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
      And treat those two impostors just the same;
      If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
      Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
      Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
      And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
      
      If you can make one heap of all your winnings
      And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
      And lose, and start again at your beginnings
      And never breathe a word about your loss;
      If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
      To serve your turn long after they are gone,
      And so hold on when there is nothing in you
      Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
      
      If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
      ' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
      if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
      If all men count with you, but none too much;
      If you can fill the unforgiving minute
      With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
      Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
      And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

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      IntimatEvolutionposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      No, I don't think so.  I think actions speak louder than words.

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   Joy56posted 14 years ago

   I actually do not think poems can change anything at all...... I wish they could but they cannot.

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   torimariposted 14 years ago

   No.

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   epigrammanposted 14 years ago

   ...well personally I like to corrupt the minds of others - lol - through creative means - of course!

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   Cagsilposted 14 years ago

   Do you think your poems could change the corrupted minds of others?
   
   It is impossible for a poem, regardless of who it is written by to change anyone.
   
   Change is something that one must make on their own and willing.

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      Troy C.posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Yes I do, The spoken or written word has power.

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         Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         You know what you can do with your written word... Right?
         
         The delusion you live under is your problem. Continuing to pawn it off as something of value, other than a history lesson is conjecture and hogwash.
         
         
         Edit: Next save yourself the trouble. Respond to the topic, not my post.

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   MrDSpade2posted 14 years ago

   I believe poetry can inspire and somewhat influence those who read them, changing an individuals corrupted mind, however, could be a stretch.

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   Jaggedfrostposted 14 years ago

   There used to be a time when, if there was a king and a poet sitting together the poet would speak first, to some extent this is still true. We call them Rock Stars.  Most of the influential poets are people who wrote lyrics and music for songs that have changed the dialog in many world issues.  John Lennon being one of them.  Someone even thought his work threatening enough to have him killed.  David wrote in Psalms and so did Solomon.  Christ wrote in pros we call proverbs.  Confucius has works and rhymes  that are still the foundation of Asian thought.

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   ralwusposted 14 years ago

   Helter Skelter; Manson Family, although they were corrupted even more.

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   paradigmsearchposted 14 years ago

   “Do you think your poems could change the corrupted minds of others?”
   
   Alas, no. But it could get a person pointed in the right direction; and that is indeed the hardest step.

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    ahorsebackposted 14 years ago

    Corrupted Minds
    
    You may find your self alone
    life is unjust to some.
    But here there is a difference
    the writers help.... will always come.
    
    They stroke your soul with kind words
    they listen to you in silence.
    You will not bear your trials alone
    of lifes injustice and violence.
    
    You may be alone and lonely
    you may feel tears well within your eyes.
    But other writers measure your words
    and listen to your lonely cries.
    
    No... you are not alone when you
    come here and share a word or two.
    There are those among us
    who will listen just to you.

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       kathryn1000posted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Good!

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    klarawieckposted 14 years ago

    Nothing can change my corrupted mind! NOTHING!!!!

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       Beelzedadposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       How about, "someone?"

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          klarawieckposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Are you volunteering Beely?! It is a full time job, you know? lol

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             Beelzedadposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             No problem, will take no time at all.

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                klarawieckposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                What's your plan?

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                   Beelzedadposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                   It has to be in person in order for it to have an effect.

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                      klarawieckposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                      Hahahaha... Will you change my mind, or will I change yours?

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                         Beelzedadposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                         We'll have to see. Most certainly, I can change your mind about taking me for a walk through the Everglades.

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                            klarawieckposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                            That's the problem, you don't follow up on our conversations!
                            
                            I was referring to my husband - EL TORERO!

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                               Beelzedadposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                               Oh yes, I understand you're willing to take him for a walk through the Everglades, but I would convince you that walk would never be necessary with me.

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                                  klarawieckposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                                  What about your wife?!   LOL

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                                     Beelzedadposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                                     She would never take me for a walk there, either.

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                                        klarawieckposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                                        Hahaha... Then it's a deal! Come to Miami and marry me! But it has to be by the church!

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                               Jaggedfrostposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                               How would one, without reference, more specific know to which you refer?

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    ediggityposted 14 years ago

    crash n burn

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    Cheeky Girlposted 14 years ago

    I have read poetry that has moved me to laughter and tears. Some poetry is just amazing. When it is directed at us personally, it can change how we feel. Also - the great poets were possessors of great knowledge and wisdom, and that wisdom told and imparted through poetry can be immortal. I live with a poet. There are great poets on Hub Pages too.
    
    I recently came across the poetry of Johnny Cooper Clark, the Bard of Salford, and he is a modern British Legend. Check out some of his utterly weird works. They can change a corrupted nature or make the person more corrupted.

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    AMBASSADOR BUTLERposted 14 years ago

    No. It can give light and direction to the corrupted minds of others. This light says to it is this: be love be peace be free this is who you are to the core of your being.

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    sligobayposted 14 years ago

    CORRUPT
    
    Say that your thoughts are so impure
    and that your actions brutely injure,
    Say that your words speak dishonesty
    and that your wishes bode antipathy;
    
    Say that you've murdered men in their beds
    and you've stolen gold teeth from their heads,
    Say that you've killed their children too
    and their wives, dogs and made them fine stew;
    
    Say that you've fed that stew to the poor
    and gorged your libido on blood and gore,
    Say that you defiled a convent of nun
    and you relished the horror as good clean fun;
    
    Say that you painted a poem with their blood
    and dragged human carcasses through slimy mud;
    Would poets applaud the depth of your word
    or would they revile at the evil they heard?
    
    sligobay

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       alternate poetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       clap clap clap 

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          sligobayposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Thank you AP but it seems that this post darkened and halted a rather lively exchange of ideas.

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       AMBASSADOR BUTLERposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Blinded by the light. You still have free will and reap accordingly by your own free will.

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