Fight Prostitution With Poetry

Fight the scurge of prostitution with poetry

A Smile Unseen At Night   A smile by us unseen In the darkness of night A stranger greets a stranger Who has come into sight But the stranger he stops not Or dallies for a while He knows unless he has money There no point in returning the smile And a few yards behind him Another man by walks At whom the lady smiles And him, he stops and talks A moment from life on the city Where the women walk the street And friendship and sex is for sale To every man they meet And in these proserous times We seek it an industry to make How can we call ourselves civilised When a womans dignity we forsake?                         Name Senator Ciaran Cannon Leader Constituency Galway East Email [email protected] Address Seanad Eireann Leinster House Kildare St Dublin 2 Phone 01 6183185 Fax 01 6184796  Ciaran Cannon   The new Progessive Democrat leader in the Republic of Ireland is Ciaran Cannon, who has been quoted saying he supports legalising prostitution.   http://www.independent.ie/national-news/pd-leader-says-sex-workers--should-be-legalised-1382710.html   This is a protest poem against his thinking.   Feel free to forward it round, and email him to protest, no matter what country you live in.      © Copyright Tomas O' Carthaigh 1999 -2008, All Rights Reserved.

Reviews

[Angelheaded Hipster]

Prostitution....the worlds oldest profession....Im going to play devils advocate, and say a woman (not a child...not a minor) should be able to do whatever she pleases with her body. She wants to sell it..her perogative. But.
Making it legal should make it safer. Thats the theory anyways. I know of places where its legal, and they get healthcare, taxes, all the noise, and no violent pimps.

No matter where in the world, theres always a sod whos willing to pay. Why?
Because as the message keeps getting handed on down...sex sells.

(Nice write by the way, I secretly agree..but I had to get another side out)

[Red Raven]

Its a touching one. Its brave of you to be so open and fight for your own thought. May be legalising or not to depends upon country to country but i like your spirit. i will definitely forward mails about it. Thanks once again for the read request.

[O!]

Thank you for writing this poem and taking stand on this subject. I remember that u have written on this subject before. You have my support.

x,
O!

[TL Boehm]

It is a sad commentary when a woman can make more money selling her'self' than she can working in an office - very similar to the drug trade....I don't think little girls dream about growing up to be prostitutes....it just happens. This is smart poetry - poetry with an edge and a purpose. Well done.

[Dorchadas]

I can see your thoughts run very deep Tomas and you are so gifted in expressing them... this is a brilliant piece... thought provoking and passionate... I love it. "Tomas for taoiseach" woohoo ~grins~

[Deborah Shepard]

wow your writing profound loved it

[Donald Meikle]

Progressive! As in hurry the fall into decadence. It's the new Ireland.