Buckle Up…

Buckle Up people
it’s going to be a bumpy ride

Buckle up for climate change
it’s surely here now

Buckle up for turbulent times
because democracy is under threat everywhere

Buckle up for food poverty
famine and water wars

Buckle up for generational wars
where young people want their fair share too

Buckle up if you disagree with
#metoo, Black Lives Matter  and the queer agenda

Buckle up because Feminism
is not done yet despite…

Buckle up for growing old
your body lasting longer but your mind in question

Buckle up for a flight away from all these
if you have the money, the right genes and can find a safe place to go…

This poem came out of my writing group and is an Anaphora or repeated phrase poem. I am posting it for the dVerse Poets Pub open link night…
© Andrew Wilson, 2023

17 thoughts on “Buckle Up…

  • August 4, 2023 at 8:28 am
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    ‘Buckle up’ is a great phrase to repeat and get a point across, Andrew, and your anaphora is very effective in backing it up with phrases like ‘bumpy ride’ and ‘turbulent times’. I’m already buckling up for growing old, another year closer to seventy next week.

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    • August 4, 2023 at 8:45 am
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      Tell me about it – I hit 68 this year and it’s not the summer ofove it was cracked up to be lol.
      Thanks for the comment Kim…

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    • August 6, 2023 at 6:51 am
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      Will it take the sea in u dating Mar del Lago to convince Trump of global warming – anyway, a warning to the nay-sayers…
      Thanks for visiting Merril!

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    • August 6, 2023 at 6:53 am
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      Inundating

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  • August 4, 2023 at 6:34 pm
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    Good choice of repeating phrase for the form. Buckle would be a good word for one of Quadrille Mondays. There’s a wealth of meaning in it and around it.

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    • August 6, 2023 at 6:47 am
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      Indeed it would – thanks for visiting Lisa

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  • August 4, 2023 at 8:03 pm
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    Buckle Up… yes, what a great call to action! I don’t even know if we can make it through.

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    • August 6, 2023 at 6:42 am
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      Thanks for reframing a dire warning as a call to action Colleen and thanks for visiting…

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    • August 5, 2023 at 3:13 pm
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      Thanks Miriam…

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  • August 5, 2023 at 11:15 pm
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    I enjoyed your buckle up poem, Andrew. There are many in that list that apply to me. Well done.

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    • August 6, 2023 at 6:39 am
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      Thank you Dwight, life is enough of a lottery of luck, location and circumstance at the best of times but we are all headed into a storm or should I say storms…

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    • August 7, 2023 at 6:58 am
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      Come aliens and beam us away from all this…

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  • August 8, 2023 at 10:17 am
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    I’m still hopeful that brighter minds than ours will find a way out of this. As for aliens, be careful what you wish for as I don’t think that’s a good option. 🤣

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  • August 12, 2023 at 7:17 am
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    It’s going to take some very bright minds to quash the ones who continue to lead us astray…

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