Someone Your Own Size
A poem reflecting back on a personal experience w/ bullying.15 total reviews
Comment from Bobby Jo
This is sad to me, and I always hope I know the majority of things that are going on in school. Thanks for sharing this and good luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2014
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This is sad to me, and I always hope I know the majority of things that are going on in school. Thanks for sharing this and good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 16-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2014
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It was sad - very sad. It wasn't just some girl or a group of girls either. It was a group of boys in fact. I thought I knew too. I'm the crazy Mom who knows everything, right? I thought at least. However, my hopes are that because of our experience, the majority (at the very least!) of what happened won't happen to any person or family (at least in our District, which is the unfortunate part) ever again. They could've listened to her the first time. They could've listened to her the 2nd time too. Guess how I found out (certainly not from my own daughter but I can't blame her - she told the people she trusted to do the right thing already - and the right thing was to make it stop for starters!)?? A call from the Police Station. They told me that a friend of my daughters had "threatened" another student, turned out to be the wrong student w/ the same first name. The threat was nothing other than "Leave her alone or else!" (I don't blame the Mother for calling the police either - if it weren't for her - who knows how this would've ended or if I would've ever found out). My child was being protected by her younger (12 yr. old), because no one WHO KNEW what was going on was truly doing it for her. I got that call after a horrific, and very oddly public, conference with that puke of a role model Math Teacher. All in one night. You could say my world came crashing down all at once & hard. To think I had thought it was crashing down on me only an hour earlier or so, when that Teacher was playing "bully" against MY OWN DAUGHTER - who as it turned out - only hated her class & was always late because one of the boys was in it AND SHE KNEW IT. Meanwhile we were the only ones who didn't. The boy had even had an official write against his school record - his parents even knew! Ohhhhh Wrong parent %itch. Wrong parent Principal. Oh and - you're actually certified to be a school counselor?!? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Sorry. Reflecting back doesn't bring out my best per se. :(
Comment from Jacqueline M Franklin
Hi,
I raised a challenged son who was schooled in the resource center of the school, so I know what you speak of in this poem.
Bullying is such an awful thing that has grown out of control. So sorry your daughter had to go through it.
Good luck in the contest.
Cheers & Blessings
Keep Smilin'... Jax (*,*)
reply by the author on 15-Dec-2014
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Hi,
I raised a challenged son who was schooled in the resource center of the school, so I know what you speak of in this poem.
Bullying is such an awful thing that has grown out of control. So sorry your daughter had to go through it.
Good luck in the contest.
Cheers & Blessings
Keep Smilin'... Jax (*,*)
Comment Written 12-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 15-Dec-2014
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Thank you!! Much appreciated!!!
Comment from Domino 2
This bullying must have been terrifying for your daughter and very traumatic for you.
It's great you found out about it and confronted the culprits - surprisingly so-called professional adults, who should know better, rather than ignorant and jealous kids - and sorted the shits out.
Bravo to Mum!
Cheers, Ray xx
reply by the author on 12-Dec-2014
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This bullying must have been terrifying for your daughter and very traumatic for you.
It's great you found out about it and confronted the culprits - surprisingly so-called professional adults, who should know better, rather than ignorant and jealous kids - and sorted the shits out.
Bravo to Mum!
Cheers, Ray xx
Comment Written 12-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 12-Dec-2014
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Agree and thank you for the review!! Very much appreciated!!! :)
Comment from Chikara
I feel this piece could greatly benefit from punctuation to separate the ideas in the lines and improve overall flow.
This work is full of emotion; fury, wrath, indignation; parental love, cowardice on part of school staff. It is easy to empathize with the suffering of your daughter.
I am, however, left wondering what vengeance came in the form of; you've left it absent.
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2014
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I feel this piece could greatly benefit from punctuation to separate the ideas in the lines and improve overall flow.
This work is full of emotion; fury, wrath, indignation; parental love, cowardice on part of school staff. It is easy to empathize with the suffering of your daughter.
I am, however, left wondering what vengeance came in the form of; you've left it absent.
Comment Written 11-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2014
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Thanks for the review & you never know - there might be more to come on what everyone has been wondering!! ;)
Comment from mjac777
Very compelling poem about bullying written in a nice flow, ab/ab verse.
You tell this story very clearly and passionately. (nothing like a mama bear and her cub ...lol)
This problem is as old as time - I wonder if it will ever stop.
Good luck in the contest. A strong contender.
Well done.
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2014
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Very compelling poem about bullying written in a nice flow, ab/ab verse.
You tell this story very clearly and passionately. (nothing like a mama bear and her cub ...lol)
This problem is as old as time - I wonder if it will ever stop.
Good luck in the contest. A strong contender.
Well done.
Comment Written 11-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2014
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Thank you!! Very much appreciated!!!
Comment from butterfly4265
It makes me so angry when I hear or read about bullying. The perpetrators have no clue the effect and impact this has on the victim's life! Thank you for writing about it and reminding everyone that this needs to be dealt with. Excellent presentation, content and rhyming. Best of luck in the contest!
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2014
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It makes me so angry when I hear or read about bullying. The perpetrators have no clue the effect and impact this has on the victim's life! Thank you for writing about it and reminding everyone that this needs to be dealt with. Excellent presentation, content and rhyming. Best of luck in the contest!
Comment Written 11-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2014
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Thank you!! Much appreciated!!!
Comment from Muffins
Explosive, Rambo energy ripples through this poem. There are parents who are sheep, there are parents who are weak , them there are parents who are lions, sharks and grizzles as the narrator in this poem clearly is. Each line is filled with urgency. Every stanza builds up to the conclusion this powerhouse parent made sure would happen. All I can say is wow and that goodness I saved my last six for the best.
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2014
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Explosive, Rambo energy ripples through this poem. There are parents who are sheep, there are parents who are weak , them there are parents who are lions, sharks and grizzles as the narrator in this poem clearly is. Each line is filled with urgency. Every stanza builds up to the conclusion this powerhouse parent made sure would happen. All I can say is wow and that goodness I saved my last six for the best.
Comment Written 11-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2014
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WOWWWWW!!! Thank you soooooo much!!! Beyond appreciated!!!!! :)
Comment from patcelaw
Good for you parent, in standing up for you daughter. Especially if some of the people bullying were adults. That is like a man hitting a woman. I had a few run ins with the schools. About things that were happening at school that concerned me, but never did it have to do with bullying. Had it been bullying by adult, I would have probably been very angry.
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2014
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Good for you parent, in standing up for you daughter. Especially if some of the people bullying were adults. That is like a man hitting a woman. I had a few run ins with the schools. About things that were happening at school that concerned me, but never did it have to do with bullying. Had it been bullying by adult, I would have probably been very angry.
Comment Written 11-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2014
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Agree & thank you!! Much appreciated!!!
Comment from Dr. Nad
"Someone Your Own Size" is the wonderful rhyming story of a momma bear protecting her cub! You go girl! The sad reality of life is that kids will seek out other kids to pick on and bully. The unacceptable counterpart to that is that some misguided adult caregivers will show duplicity in an unholy alliance. Well written poem! May God Bless You.
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2014
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"Someone Your Own Size" is the wonderful rhyming story of a momma bear protecting her cub! You go girl! The sad reality of life is that kids will seek out other kids to pick on and bully. The unacceptable counterpart to that is that some misguided adult caregivers will show duplicity in an unholy alliance. Well written poem! May God Bless You.
Comment Written 11-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2014
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Thank you so much!! Very much appreciated!!!
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You are very welcome, Merry Christmas
Embrace the Love from above!
Comment from Dean Kuch
"Bully someone make sureyour you're the same size." -- "You're" is the correct spelling of the word here, anonymous.
Sometimes you just gotta stand up for what you believe in, especially when it has to do with your child's best interests
Best of luck to you in the contest.
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reply by the author on 11-Dec-2014
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"Bully someone make sure
Sometimes you just gotta stand up for what you believe in, especially when it has to do with your child's best interests
Best of luck to you in the contest.
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Comment Written 11-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2014
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Yes, thanks. Thought I changed that already - must've not saved it. :(
So, did you give it a 4 because of just that or ?? Just curious. :)
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You're very welcome, and no, that wasn't the only reason. The flow and meter were off, on several lines. For example...
They would call when she was tardy,-- 9 syllables
Felt free to bitch about my kid.-- 8 syllables
Then told me that they were sorry,-- 8 syllables
For everything that they had hid.-- 8 syllables, however, "they had hid", reads awkwardly to me.
They'd call me when she was tardy, -- 8 syllables
but always bitched about my kid. -- 8 syllables
Then went on to say, "We're sorry, -- 8 syllables
for all the ugly things we hid." -- 8 syllables.
Just an example of one stanza, with a few meter corrections...
