Dystopia

[MikeL]

My new poem, Dystopia, is about the struggle for gay rights. Please comment in this forum if you are so inclined.

 

Thank you.

Edited April 25, 2010 by MikeL

[Gregoire]

I went to read your poem, but I got nothing. I think there may be something wrong with your link.

[MikeL]

I went to read your poem, but I got nothing. I think there may be something wrong with your link.

Thanks for bringing that to my attention, Greg. Please try again; I have changed the link.

 

I'm having another problem with the poem not being listed in the drop down box or table of contents and have requested assistance from Joe Smith.

[MikeL]

Thanks to Joe Smith for getting the new poem, Dystopia, up and available for everyone to read. I wasn't aware that there is an administration validation required before an e-fiction work could be read, so I jumped the gun with my announcement. I believe validation is a one time requirement per author.

 

You may now read it at https://www.gayauthors.org/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1329&chapter=6.

 

Please make any comments you wish in this forum. Thanks.

Edited April 27, 2010 by MikeL

[C James]

I especially liked the opening stanza:

 

We, too, have a dream,

 

at odds with others' schemes.

 

A hope for our own esteem,

 

yet not unlike others' dreams.

 

Very evocative, and I like the subject matter. This reminds me also of the anti-miscegenation laws and the battle against them.

 

This poem also, IMHO, touches on one of the saddest ironies of our times; many of those who battled for civil rights (and the overturning of anti-miscegenation laws) or who were the benefactors of the achieved changes, now strive to deny those selfsame rights to others.

 

Well done, Your Amphibiousness.

[Former Member]

I love this poem Mr Mikel. If we did more reaching out and less pushing away, we would do better? I hate how the same kinda stuff happens within gay society itself too not just outside. I think the less we put ourselves and our fears first, the more we can learn and understand about others.

 

I would love to see a more personal version of this poem by you coz I wanna know more bout you as a person, not just you as a poet.

 

 

Love from Joey~