Diligence

 

THREE WORD WEDNESDAY 

http://www.threewordwednesday.com 

asks us to use the words in blue

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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