THREE WORD WEDNESDAY
amateur diligent nurture
DILIGENCE
Everyone starts as an amateur;
No-one's born proficient.
Everyone has to 'give it a go'
Before they become efficient.
Though pianists may play at four
And some of them compose;
They couldn't even la-la-la
When they were in baby clothes.
It's only by being diligent
That professionals succeed.
They have to nurture a talent,
Just as we learn to read.
The words don't jump off the pages;
We have to learn the code;
The first few steps in childhood
Are on a long, long road.
So we mustn't envy the maestros
Who take plaudits in their stride;
Let us all admit to ourselves
That we never really tried.
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PROTESTATIONS!
Red is a rousing colour that Protestors often use!
When it comes to placards it's it's always in the news.
Here are two young ladies setting off to join a rally
Intended to stop a project, the damming of their valley!
Maybe a dam is needed and maybe it is not;
A water-supply is needed when the weather's dry and hot,
But pristine countryside is doomed; there are many broken hearts,
And many different opinions register in the charts.
These young ladies have a viewpoint and a valid one, I'm sure.
They have the right to speak their minds. Long may it endure!
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Later
I can report they had success! They, and every other supporter,
Prevented the building of the dam, the flooding of farms with water!
I still don't know the rights and wrongs, the politics of it all,
But it's good to know, in democracy, the voice that's heard though small.
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