MURDER 101

16 Comments

Poem Commentary

after watching durham county last night, just the beginning with the death of the 2 girls, too real and disturbing, kind of stuck with me.
but the more I thought the more i explored my feelings about what if this was real and if it could happen, the answer was yes...

MURDER 101

We abhor crime, Murder and abuse,
Yet we seem to never get enough,
From the big screen to the little,
A soap, Movie and the news,
We learn techniques and style,
On how to commit the perfect crime,
We teach and show what to do,
We inspire the sick of mind,
Bringing  forth the darkness which we try to hide,
We have lost our humanity, Sold our souls,
We have become the disease, With out a cure,
All in the name of entertainment,
We have ignored the commandments,
The scales have been tipped, We are sliding off
the edge with nothing to hold onto,
The words and actions are lost for we have
misplaced the innocence of time,
Lassie come home !!!

Richard E. Cartledge  (PHOENIX)  9/8/09  (c)

Poem Comments

(16)

Please login or register

You must be logged in or register a new account in order to
leave comments/feedback and rate this poem.

Login or Register

cousinsoren commented on MURDER 101

09-30-2009

Phoenix, I have been thinking all of what you say in this poem, every single night, when my home is invaded with sordid and morbid "crime movies" to the extent that I hide my head under a pillow or leave the room or turn off the set. Oh why? Oh why, should crime stories be considered entertainment is tantamount to asking how creation came about. Our universal problem is that evil makes more money than good, Increasing technology ,with ensuing materialism, makes human nature more perverse, more callous and savage,

Rowena commented on MURDER 101

09-15-2009

While the media desensitizes humanity to the destruction around us we do learn from others mistakes. This piece is informative in background for psych majors, I liked it a lot.

jeanpnkldyg commented on MURDER 101

09-12-2009

I saw the program myself and am, too, guilty of being a 'voyer' (sp) of the sick nature of people. There is much more that we have to guard our eyes and minds from than our children might possibly become exposed to. When they turn out ok, it has to be a true testiment to God, but how do we protect the ones not being protected?

arayablue commented on MURDER 101

09-10-2009

Nice form Phoenix and thought provoking. Creative and to the point. What if...is right. There are copy cats out there. Ideas are passed on. Children are vernerable and innocent. I like the tone and poem has a good ending. Very nice!

polishprince commented on MURDER 101

09-09-2009

I agree. I like your subject and the way you handled it. Once, when asked what I could do to change the world, I wrote: I would have newspapers, and other media put on the front pages, all of the many good things that people do and experience. Sure, report the other "news", but stick it on the back pages. My guess is that many baby steps later, our world would begin to change in a positive way. Steve. (polishprince)

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

Phoenix9’s Poems (148)

Title Comments
Title Comments
VISION OF LOVE 2
ALL THAT I HAVE LOST 0
The SIMPLEST TOUCH 2 2
ETERNAL SAND 3
I AM MADE OF LIGHT 2
SEVEN DEADLY LAYERS OF LOVE 3
I'M A COSMIC JOKE? 1
TIME AND CONCERNS 1
TASTE OF HEAVEN 2
THE SIMPLEST TOUCH 2
HARSH WORLD 4
STRUCK by LIGHTNING 4
SPIRAL 4
DEAD 13
MEMORIES of a TRANSPARENT MIND 13
DEATH BY LIFE 6
THEY SPEAK TO ME 3
DESPAIR 6
AND YET TO DIE 4
DRAGONFLY DOWNS 8
COUNTRY TIME (lyrics) 6
YET WHAT IF 7
OUR PROMISE TO THE FUTURE 6
DESMOND 3
QUESTIONS 8
A DELICATE TOUCH (JL) 6
QUESTIONABLE 6
FIVE SENSES OF LOVE 4
PAIN and YOU 3
WOMEN 2
BEYOND REASON 2
NO MATTER WHAT 2
Defying Gravity 1
BREAKING THESOUND BARRIER 2
BROKEN 1
THE INTERVIEW 2
IT'S NOT ME 3
DEPRESSION 4
COBWEBS 9
A LOST PARADISE ( A Fairies Tear ) 6
TOWER IN THE FOG 4
SPARKS 1
LIPSTICK AND SHADOWS 4
FLAT OUT OF TIME 1
BLACK ANGEL 5
SOUR MILK 9
A Just Love (JL) 9
BREATHLESS Version 3.0 (JL) 9
BREATHLESS Version 2.0 (JL) 5
BREATHLESS Version 1.0 (JL) 7
PERFECT PITCH 2
THE LAST PAGE 3
INSIGNIFICANT 7
LOSER 1
DARK THOUGHTS 3
HYSTERICAL AGONY 2
TERMINAL STUPIDITY 2
THE GREATEST POEM EVER WRITTEN 8
MIRROR IMAGE ??? 4
MONSTERS IN THE DARK 2
SNOW SURPRISE 7
STEEL LASHES 12
What we are 2
PREMONITIONS 4
AFTER HOURS 2
DESPERATE HOURS 2
Dead Flowers on the Wall 2
WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT 2
CRESCENT MOON 7
BEACON OF THE HEART 1
What Will We See 5
BOX 5
INTENSITY (JL) 21
THUNDERSTORM 21
ALONE 14
SUMMER comes AUTUMN 7
YET WHAT IF 13
MURDER 101 16
NOMAD pt. 3 5
NOMAD pt. 2 2
NOMAD pt. 1 2
The world is crying 13
DEVOURED (JL) 48
HERITAGE 14
Blood and Champagne (a vampires waltz) 12
PARASITES Pt. 2 & 3 4
PARASITES Pt. 1 3
Reflected 7
Two Worlds 3
SLEEPWALKING 16
some ones son named sam 4
TRUTH 9
NO ONE WANTS TO DIE 5
A LITTLE SHADOW 8
EVIL DOERS 2
A Presence of Being 6
To My Wife (JL) 7
MY NIGHTMARE 0
SILENT END 1
LAMBS 0
FRONT OFFICE BURNOUT 1
MOONLIT 3
All in a Second 10
Shhhh I Hear You 4
Here comes the Carnivores 10
Just a littleTerror 6
Walk on Water 8
Pray for a Nightmare 2
(JL) A Just Love 4
Muckrakers Sweet 0
To Die 4
My Thoughts 2
PLEASE COMMENT 3
Charred Remains 8
Idle Thoughts 7
Hmmmmmmmmm 2
Meaning of Life 5
Enter the myst 6
BROKEN CROSSES 7
DEEP DARK RED 3
To Have and Hold 6
DEAD ZOO 4
True Dreamer 4
Nightmare 14
What is life 4
Do You hear Me 5
Without Trees 19
In the Realm of Forgotten Love 7
Phoenix 12
GEMS 8
Of Love 6
Touch 10
Thoughts 6
A New Job 12
Hourglass 22
Hush 10
So Careless 3
Empty,Emotion
al,Thoughts, Heart and Soul
4
WHISPER 13
Shed a Tear 6
THREE WINDOWS 6
Camel on Ice 8
Destiny's door 10
Laugh and Point 12
Love Prevails 9
Worry Free and Gay 28
Never Enough 19
where do I go 94