{"id":3074,"date":"2017-03-19T04:08:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T04:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=3074"},"modified":"2022-02-14T14:46:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T14:46:12","slug":"not-fair-carol-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/not-fair-carol-hamilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Fair by Carol Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Not<\/h1>\n

Not Fair<\/h2>\n

by Carol Hamilton<\/p>\n

The children keep bristling
\nlike a cornered porcupine,
\nhappy to point, complain,
\nrun to the playground teacher,
\nthey all righteous and aglow.
\nWhole peoples nurse
\ntheir grievances, and she, too,
\nremembering every slight
\nsince childhood, fingering
\nhard and inedible berries
\nover and over. They are dried
\nbeyond the escape of rot
\nand disintegration. The people\u2019s
\nagrieved histores are not theirs,
\nexactly, but are appropriated
\nfrom their dead. These tales
\nhave a bitter sheen like a highly
\npolished and poisoned apple,
\na temptation. This is how
\nwe push death back. We are too
\nangry to recognize her on the road.
\nWe demand compensation
\nbefore we die. We are in no
\nmood to bargain with her.
\n###<\/p>\n

Carol Hamilton: “I have recent and upcoming publications in Cold Mountain Review, Common Ground, Gingerbread House, Main Street Rag. Sacred Cow. U.S.1 Worksheet, Pontiac Review, Louisiana Literature, Abbey, 805, Poem, Third Wednesday, One Trick Pony, Plainsongs, O.V.S. Magazine, The Aurorean, The 3228 Review, Illya\u2019s Honey<\/em>,and others. I have published 17 books: children’s novels, legends and poetry, most recently, SUCH DEATHS from Vac Press Purple Flag Series. I am a former Poet Laureate of Oklahoma and have been nominated seven times for a Pushcart Prize.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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