Pigs are flying
over a perfect world.
The moon is blue,
and fair play is universal.
Pink elephants ensure
that no-one suffers pain,
anxiety, or poverty.
Out of the blue,
Greed, dishonesty and cruelty
disappear for ever;
the dog-eat-dog society
is transformed to caring
each for each.
Would that it were so.
dVerse Poets Pub is asking us to consider Conceit, in the sense of a figure of speech in which two seemingly dissimilar objects are grouped together with the help of similes or metaphors,
and write a poem of unlikely conjunctions. At the same time, We Write Poems has set us daydreaming, so I have fused the two prompts.
Well paced, Viv and still valid. I’m reading ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists’ currently and it stirs up my socialism.
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And what a wonderful world this would be. If worlds can be made of such daydreams, one can only wish for more dreamers.
-Nicole
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If we could be more like the animals…the free ones anyway. …Transformed to caring, each for each. A wonderful day dream. Now let’s work on making it a reality – everyone 🙂
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But we’d probably be much lower down the food chain!
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loved the thoughts presented here..
and just yesterday, i saw a series of images someone had forwarded on the net,. about pink elephants in india (so maybe this hope is a strong one) – http://memefacts.tumblr.com/post/22283769411/pink-elephants-can-be-found-in-india
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Yes, indeed, “would that it were so”…
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Animals ushering in utopia? I’m all for it :)!
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Pigs would most surely be flying
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oh that would be wonderful… i wouldn’t mind some flying pigs you know…if it stops the dog eats dog… nice take viv
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Pigs might, nicely done.
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ha. i hope to one day see those pigs fly…i can hope, you know…
it is def a dog eat dog world….
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One ticket to this daydream world for me! I love what you’ve dreamed up, Viv!
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This made me smile and remember my mother-in-law whose favourite expression was “if pigs had wings, they’d fly”. Come to think of it, she’s the only person I’ve known who said that! Well, other than me.
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Really would be nice. >KB
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Ha ha. Funny! I like it. 🙂
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Would it be.. would it be.. wonderful images.. you give us.
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Such a lovely and worthwhile hope. Thank you for joining in on WWP’s prompt, Viv. Your words are always a pleasure to read.
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