Current events quadrille for the Nicaraguan people…and dVerse!
Nicaraguans are
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taking it to the streets;
cobblestone city streets,
paved with “somoza” stones
of past dictatorships;
socialism promised
justice but in reality
cobbled the people
who’ve had enough
of corruption and
being lorded over by
self-serving politicians
who bury citizens
under bureaucracy.
a poem in my pocket 
Jun 05, 2018 @ 19:43:00
I spent some time in El Salvador after an earthquake during the civil war–hard to imagine. So much tension between democracy and socialism run amok. Prayers for them.
Jun 06, 2018 @ 07:57:11
Prayer is a quiet yet powerful force in the world.
Jun 05, 2018 @ 14:09:59
Well done! Government FOR the people… not government OF the people.
Jun 05, 2018 @ 14:30:32
I think the challenge of self-government is individual and collective strength of character. Thanks for stopping by, Charley!
Jun 05, 2018 @ 18:12:03
Strength of what?!? That hasn’t been an issue since the 90s! 🙂
Jun 05, 2018 @ 12:55:59
I enjoyed this caring gaze at the struggles in Nicaragua.
Jun 05, 2018 @ 14:32:44
Thanks, Janice. I have friends there and am concerned for their safety in this uncertain time.
Jun 10, 2018 @ 13:06:06
Knowing people in far off places can certainly make the world smaller. I understand your concern for your friends and hope they keep out of harm’s way.
Jun 05, 2018 @ 07:19:00
‘Cobbled the people’ this is is too familiar a refrain. Well said, Lynn.
Jun 05, 2018 @ 07:27:14
Thank you, Sara. People in power often seem to abuse it…
Jun 05, 2018 @ 03:58:32
No matter the politics being oppressed will always end in disaster,,, and cobblestones can be thrown.
Jun 05, 2018 @ 07:22:15
Yes, the consequences are dangerous.
Jun 05, 2018 @ 02:07:21
A city ‘paved with “somoza” stones / of past dictatorships’, where honest people have been cobbled sounds familiar. The sad thing is we watch it happen on the news in other parts of the world and suddenly realise it’s happening under our noses, while we’re being buried under bureaucracy.A powerful poem, Lynn.
Jun 05, 2018 @ 07:23:41
You see it too…there’s a warning in this. Thanks, Kim for your thoughtful comments.
Jun 04, 2018 @ 19:30:15
Being buried under bureaucracy promising justice is a form of burial.
Jun 04, 2018 @ 20:47:52
…as citizens slowly suffocate.
Jun 04, 2018 @ 19:21:03
Bureaucracy does indeed bury. Well done, Lynn!
Jun 04, 2018 @ 20:48:53
thank you, ma’am!
Jun 04, 2018 @ 18:08:52
A wonderful political commentary telling it like it is!
Dwight
Jun 04, 2018 @ 20:49:57
Thanks, Dwight!
Jun 04, 2018 @ 17:39:06
I hope they get the leader and government that they deserve and fought for ~
Jun 04, 2018 @ 20:50:48
Me too…hope & pray!
Jun 04, 2018 @ 17:19:07
Great political piece!
Jun 04, 2018 @ 20:51:15
Thanks for your comment, Jo.
Jun 04, 2018 @ 17:03:25
Sigh .. politicians are somewhat like thorns on a flowering society… can’t decide whether they serve to be beneficial for us or just plain annoying. Powerful write Lynn 💞
Jun 04, 2018 @ 20:51:57
Too true…thanks, Sanaa.
Jun 04, 2018 @ 16:48:16
This is good. I had no idea there was trouble in Nicaragua….but then again, where isn’t there corruption and awful leaders. Trump has just said he’s his own judge…so there. I love this.
Jun 04, 2018 @ 20:52:42
Thanks for reading, Vivian 🙂
Jun 05, 2018 @ 12:57:48
☺️
Jun 04, 2018 @ 15:27:31
Oh, man. Powerful stuff, Lynn. Well done.
Jun 04, 2018 @ 15:44:07
Thanks, De…and for another great prompt!