All Comments on 'Inhumanity'

as the story of inhumanity itself. It overwhelmed me Mutt.

I feel your fervor and horror. Strong stuff. Wow.

*t.o.

With your permission, I will print this out and paste it onto my Wall, right next to "America."

~D.A.

No therm, but man, that's hot!

It's my feeling that there have been far too many injustices committed in the name of God, whether it be Jehovah, Jesus, Mohammed or whoever your chosen deity is.

....Mutt. The writing is kept under control, not easy to do in a piece this large. This is the best I've seen from you.......even better than Avatara!

work.

a depth and wisdom that makes this piece twice as strong.

thank you

i read this through several times..wow!

you nailed a truth here that most would like to just ignore..so much evil done in the name of God.

wonderful writing here ..xx

can be done when you have God on your side. As I read through this I found myself going on and on. In the name of God we commit a multitude of sins. Without God there would be no Heaven but, more importantly, there would be no Hell, at least on Earth.

This leaves me feeling so cold, Mutt. We are supposed to be made in god's image... yikes! Which god?

I have read and reread and will read again. Its great! Thanks!

Graphic and VERY touching!!

Fantastic... what can I say that they haven't already? ;-)

What a line. I was captured by this poem through the movement of time from past to future, yet what you were doing didn't quite kick in until the third stanza when it became most clear. I felt it could have had more clarity in this respect, but then I have only read it a couple of times and may not be familiar with historical events you speak too. However, you have definately given a broad (through time) and narrow (through religion) perspective to inhumanity, and the form and content of your poem, in this respect, taken together, forms a powerful comment on the theme.

...carried out in "god's" name are legion and are scattered through history. This is a strong and moving poem. One of the best of an amazing collection.

Not only does this poem point out the Grand Hypocrisy of the excuses people use to hurt/destroy others, but it does so with style. Since such poetry can often move people--give them a little shove in a more socially conscious direction-- I wonder if we could called it "applied poetry"? Or perhaps "active poetry"? Maybe Mutt can be the founder of a new genre of poetry :)

This poem reminds me of Twain's "The War Prayer".

What I like about this poem is the word plays:

"made the new land manifestly empty", and "they suffered the little children to come to them." There are quite a few more like that, and they really pop--just grab your attention. And then there are lines like this: "...blessed the forced passage of the black-skinned across a gray ocean to the cotton-white fields..." Nice use of colors. And there is even alliteration: "...deserts of disease and despair." The entire poem is chalked with poetic nuggets. And the progression through time up to (and especially) the present day U.S. makes the poem particularly applicable to our lives. The tired phrase "history repeats itself" comes to mind, although people are quite masterful at making themselves believe the actions of their generation are unique. This poem illustrates the sad, repeating hypocrisy that can be found between the difference of what people claim they are doing and what they actually do.