FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: PANTOUM FESTIVAL Send up to three pantoums on any subject, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on December 15th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Pantoum Festival will be published online and will be invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, December 16th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Dean Okamura

Norman Rockwell, "New Kids in the Neighborhood" (1967)

New to the neighborhood

   

We stick with our tribes for many reasons 

They say birds of a feather stick together 

Aren't we supposed to love our neighbors 

Sometimes we feel more comfort and care 


They say birds of a feather stick together 

Speaking the same language makes us smile 

Sometimes we feel more comfort and care 

It's nice when we accept each other 


Speaking the same language makes us smile 

Etiquette rules vary in people and place 

It's nice when we accept each other 

Respecting our elders lights our way 


Etiquette rules vary in people and place 

We seek a common empathy for man 

Respecting our elders lights our way 

Everyone suffers in darkness and cold 


We seek a common empathy for man 

We value uniqueness when hearts are right 

Everyone suffers in darkness and cold 

We spread the benefits of living in peace 


We value uniqueness when hearts are right 

We stick with our tribes on many occasions 

We spread the benefits of living in peace 

Aren't we supposed to love our neighbors 


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