Written for Ronovanwrites Ovi Poetry Challenge 40: Tragedy
Ovi Rules: 4-line stanza, 8 syllables or less per line,
first 3 lines rhyme, 4th line must not rhyme.
Additional stanzas keep the same rhyming pattern
but do not rhyme each other.
Homeless living on the street
Children with no food to eat
People crying in defeat
We are stuck in a hopeless mess.
Politicians always lying
Innocents in war are dying
Talk of peace but no one’s trying
It all seems so fucking futile.
Playgrounds teeming with poison drugs
Computer hackers spreading bugs
Protestors being shot with slugs
Has every person gone insane?
No clean water left to drink
Can you smell that awful stink
Our universe is on the brink
The tragedies of a mad world.
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This is Adam Lambert with “Mad Word”
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