by Pa Rock
Poetry Appreciator
This coming Thursday, February 14th, offers two distinct ways to acknowledge Valentine's Day. People can either get wrapped up in the commercial aspects of the day and send expensive cards, flowers, and candy to their sweeties, or they can spend the day contemplating the awfulness of gun violence and school shootings in remembrance of the seventeen who died in the bullet-riddled hell of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last Valentine's Day.
Yes, there have been other school shootings in the past year, but the one at MSD High School in Florida stands out because it was the first in which the student survivors banned together resolutely and refused to let the carnage fade from public view. In the past year several of the students who lived through that horrible ordeal have worked tirelessly to bring the issue of gun violence to the forefront of America's political discussions. They have lobbied legislators, gone toe-to-toe in the media with NRA goons, and participated in nationwide drives to get young people registered to vote. The historic changes that were wrought on the House of Representatives this past November were due in no small measure to the political efforts of these fired-up young citizen activists.
My own valentines this year will go to my Representative in Congress and my states two United States Senators, simple reminders, tweets or emails, that I am fed up with gun violence - and I vote!
The following poem received national attention when a parent noticed it on a bulletin board in a kindergarten classroom at the Arthur D. Healey Elementary School in Somerville, Massachusetts, this past spring. She took a picture of the verse and posted it on Twitter where it promptly received a bazillion likes and retweets. The verse is apparently intended to be sung to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." The author is unknown, though it could likely have been the original effort of the classroom teacher.
"Lockdown, Lockdown!" serves as a window into the sad reality of education in today's United States. May all of those wonderful little souls practice it, learn it, and never, ever face the horror of having to use it.
Our children (and grandchildren) deserve to be safe in their homes and at school. Ask yourselves what it would truly take to make schools safer, and then take action! Do it for the kids!
Poetry Appreciator
This coming Thursday, February 14th, offers two distinct ways to acknowledge Valentine's Day. People can either get wrapped up in the commercial aspects of the day and send expensive cards, flowers, and candy to their sweeties, or they can spend the day contemplating the awfulness of gun violence and school shootings in remembrance of the seventeen who died in the bullet-riddled hell of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last Valentine's Day.
Yes, there have been other school shootings in the past year, but the one at MSD High School in Florida stands out because it was the first in which the student survivors banned together resolutely and refused to let the carnage fade from public view. In the past year several of the students who lived through that horrible ordeal have worked tirelessly to bring the issue of gun violence to the forefront of America's political discussions. They have lobbied legislators, gone toe-to-toe in the media with NRA goons, and participated in nationwide drives to get young people registered to vote. The historic changes that were wrought on the House of Representatives this past November were due in no small measure to the political efforts of these fired-up young citizen activists.
My own valentines this year will go to my Representative in Congress and my states two United States Senators, simple reminders, tweets or emails, that I am fed up with gun violence - and I vote!
The following poem received national attention when a parent noticed it on a bulletin board in a kindergarten classroom at the Arthur D. Healey Elementary School in Somerville, Massachusetts, this past spring. She took a picture of the verse and posted it on Twitter where it promptly received a bazillion likes and retweets. The verse is apparently intended to be sung to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." The author is unknown, though it could likely have been the original effort of the classroom teacher.
"Lockdown, Lockdown!" serves as a window into the sad reality of education in today's United States. May all of those wonderful little souls practice it, learn it, and never, ever face the horror of having to use it.
"Lockdown, Lockdown!"
Lockdown, lockdown, lock the door,
Shut the lights off, say no more.
Go behind the desk and hide,
Wait until it's safe inside.
Lockdown, lockdown, it's all done.
Now it's time to have some fun!
Our children (and grandchildren) deserve to be safe in their homes and at school. Ask yourselves what it would truly take to make schools safer, and then take action! Do it for the kids!
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