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
‘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.
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…
Turbulent times indeed, and I fear it will get worse.
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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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.
Indeed it would – thanks for visiting Lisa
Buckle Up… yes, what a great call to action! I don’t even know if we can make it through.
Thanks for reframing a dire warning as a call to action Colleen and thanks for visiting…
Very strong and thought-provoking. Well done!
Thanks Miriam…
I enjoyed your buckle up poem, Andrew. There are many in that list that apply to me. Well done.
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…
I’m putting on my oxygen mask while the plane is going down…
Come aliens and beam us away from all this…
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. 🤣
It’s going to take some very bright minds to quash the ones who continue to lead us astray…