Poets United Midweek Motif: Social Good

“And just when you’d think [humans] were more malignant than ever Hell could be, they occasionally showed more grace than Heaven ever dreamed of.” 
― Terry Pratchett

“The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.” 

― Nadine Gordimer

Gandhi and his wife Kasturbhai, 1902, South Africa

Midweek Motif: Social Goods

According to Mahatma Gandhi, there are Seven Deadly Sins that could destroy society:

• Politics without principle.

• Wealth without work.

• Commerce without morality.

• Pleasure without conscience.

• Education without character.

• Science without humility.

• Worship without sacrifice. 

Do you agree?
With the important ingredient, 
is each of these a social blessing?

Your Poetry Challenge:  

• Let one of Gandhi's social evils inspire you to illustrate one of your own social goods.  
• 160-word limit--the length of Whitman's poem about work below.

Poetic Inspiration:

I Hear America Singing

Walt Whitman, 1819 - 1892

I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe
     and strong,
The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off
     work,
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the
     deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing
     as he stands,
The wood-cutter’s song, the ploughboy’s on his way in the
     morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown,
The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at
     work, or of the girl sewing or washing,
Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,
The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young
     fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.

Please:  
1.    Post your Social-Good poem on your site, and then link it here. Does it come under the 160-word limit? 
2.    If you use a picture include its link.  
3.    Share only original and new work written for this challenge. 
4.    Leave a comment here.
5.    Honor  us by visiting and commenting on others' poems.

(Next week's Midweek Motif will be An Evening Out.)

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