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POEM BY DON WILSON

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DIZZI

DIZZI Report 23 Mar 2010 00:31

RESPECT:
Respect is a lesson that everyone should learn
Respect must be given before an expected return
Respect is something that’s given for free
Respect is about us and never about me
Respect is the basis on which relationships are founded
Respect is the anchor that keeps a person well grounded
Respect builds the character and defines who we are
Respect sets the standard and raises the bar
Respect is magnanimous and helps to fulfil
Respect is the partner that sits with good will
Respect is like honey so sweet it’s perceived
Respect a taste to savour for when it’s received

don wilson


TheBlackKnight

TheBlackKnight Report 23 Mar 2010 00:33

Words of more than three syllables!......peoples brains will fuse ????
Excellent poem :)

DIZZI

DIZZI Report 23 Mar 2010 05:40

NUDGE BY ME
COZ I CAN
COZ I WILL

TILL SOMEONE LEARNS
TO BE RESPECTED YOU HAVE TO EARN IT
MAYBE YOU DONT RESPECT ME
I DONT REALLY CARE ABOUT MYSELF
BUT I DO ABOUT OTHERS

I MAY NOT POST MUCH
BUT I READ,,AND WHAT I READ IS VERY UNPLEASANT AND
HURTFULL.
WHY DO YOU DO IT,I CANT UNDERSTAND HOW YOU
CAN RIP A PERSON APART ,,,WHEN YOU DONT EVEN KNOW
THEM,
IM NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY ONE PERSON,OR MYSELF

I HAVE MET SOME GREAT FOLK,THEN AGAIN SOME TURNED OUT NOT TOO NICE
I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS THOUGHT


ARE YOU NEXT

StrayKitten

StrayKitten Report 23 Mar 2010 05:46

some people dont deserve respect, some people had it but used it to there advantage to abuse there friends,
some people deserve the upmost repsect but dont get it, why? who knows
everyone is different and you cant DEMAND respect, and you cant get respect by digging at people constantly, like some do.

you have to earn it,

morning dizzi hun xxx

xxx

DIZZI

DIZZI Report 23 Mar 2010 06:09

HI STRAY
IF THEY DONT DESERVE YOUR RESPECT
THEM IGNORE THEM.
I KNOW I HAVE FOUND OUT SOME I THOUGHT TRUE
FRIENDS WHO HAD MY RESPECT WERE NOT,
THEN ONES I WAS WARNED ABOUT TURNED OUT FRIENDS.

RESPECT IS EARNT TRUE

Supersleuth

Supersleuth Report 23 Mar 2010 09:29

Great poem ...... shame more of the adults don't show it towards the teenagers ....... they are quick to expect it! Sums things up beautifully. A little respect goes a long way on both counts.

Rambling

Rambling Report 23 Mar 2010 09:34

Respect for opposing viewpoints , ideologies, life-styles, cultures, feelings is important ...

but why should I ignore someone who attacks me? unprovoked... they are not having respect for me ( or themselves) and I would have no respect for myself if I let them trample all over me or those who don't deserve scorn, by sitting back and saying nothing.

Specifically, very few of us on here 'know' the other people ( a few do because they are related or really close friends) certainly no one on here 'knows' me...but it doesn't stop certain people showing how little they think of me does it. Nor did it stop a 'friend' stabbing me in the back though she knew more of me than most ...funnily enough, though I liked her a lot, I realised afterwards that I never actually 'respected ' her....maybe that is the really important thing? there are people I 'respect' because they never waver in their opinion or honesty of character...even though it might not be someone I 'like' as such or would be close friends with.

xxx

DIZZI

DIZZI Report 23 Mar 2010 12:10

ROSE

MY BACK BARES MANY A SCAR,
MOST FROM PEOPLE I THOUGHT A FRIEND

I WOULD SAY ONLY HALF A DOZEN KNOW THE REAL ME
AND ITS NOT GWEN SIDE,,,THE REAL ME..............
WELL YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE A TRUE FRIEND
TO KNOW THAT PART

I ONLY ONCE DISCLOSED (NOT A SECRET ) BUT SOMETING ELSE TO
A MEMBER BECAUSE IT WAS ASUMED IT WAS ABOUT SOMONE ELSE.SO .I THOUGH THEY COULD HELP, BUT I WAS WRONG
AND GOT HELL FOR IT,

CatieI

CatieI Report 23 Mar 2010 12:37

A lovely poem Dizzi. Such wise words.

Catie x

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget Report 23 Mar 2010 18:17

nudge

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget Report 24 Mar 2010 22:36


I have just Googled "Don Wilson" and found two poems of his included on PoemHunter.com Respect and one about politicians, (very up-to-date).

Lots of other interesting Poets and Poems there too.

DIZZI

DIZZI Report 24 Mar 2010 23:00

ITS AN EXCELLENT SITE BECAUSE ITS SO
LIKE REAL EVENTS ,OR LIFE

AND THEY DO FREE EBOOKS