Comment from Cindy McIntyre

Excellent

OH... I absolutely love this response to the Millennial radicals, or for some those that are too above working hard for a living (the entitled generation)... Your last stanza really made me smile, because it is all of those worker bees who deserve praise for keeping us all warm, fed, and enjoying all those blessings we take for granted. Well written and stated.

 Comment Written 07-Dec-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Dec-2018

Thank you very much, Cindy. I was on a rant yesterday... and it showed... haha. I appreciate the review.

Melissa

Comment from poetwatch

Excellent

If you could see with my eyes you would know that the truth be spoken in words that all should understand. You penned the way it has always been... yet, many do not see what your eyes behold-that without those that work with hands that toil for everyone are the backbone of our nation. Thank you Melissa for a wonderful read.

 Comment Written 07-Dec-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Dec-2018

I am so glad you enjoyed it. I was on a bit of a rant yesterday. Haha..
Thanks for the review.

Melissa

Comment from Ulla

Excellent

Hi Melissa, so very true what you're saying in this great free verse poem. Where indeed would any of us be if it was not for all the people doing the work behind the lines. I liked your message. All the best. Ulla:)))

 Comment Written 07-Dec-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Dec-2018

Thanks so much, Ulla.... I was on a rant yesterday.. and it shows.. haha. I appreciate your review.

Melissa

Comment from Janice Canerdy

Excellent

This is a very well-written tribute to those "worker bees,"
who are responsible for the needs and wants of our lives
being MET. We must never look down on them.

 Comment Written 07-Dec-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Dec-2018

Thanks so much, Janice. I was on a rant yesterday and out popped ..Worker Bees... I do have a problem with elites... but I will not get started again..... haha.

Melissa

Comment from Y. M. Roger

Excellent

Oh, yeah...you go, girl!! :) ;) No minced words just words very eloquently strung together as nothin' but the truth!! :) These little spoiled snowflakes need to get out and get their hands dirty ... might do everyone some good, you know? :) :) Thanx for this wonderful free verse statement! :) Yvette

 Comment Written 07-Dec-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Dec-2018

Thanks a bunch, Yvette. I was on a rant yesterday. Haha.

M

Comment from Brett Matthew West

Excellent

So true. If not for the worker bees there would be many things lacking in life. This well constructed poem illustrates some good examples of people taken for granted, such as the farmer, without who, the needs of life would not be met.

 Comment Written 07-Dec-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Dec-2018

Thank you very much, Brett, for the great review. I appreciate your comments.

Melissa

Comment from Dean Kuch

Excellent

"I've been workin' on the railroad
all the live-long day
I've been workin' on the railroad
just to pass the time away..."
Ya know, it's the people who don't mind getting a little dirt under their fingernails that truly make the world go 'round.
Contrary to popular belief.
Nice contemporary free verse, Melissa...
~Dean

 Comment Written 07-Dec-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Dec-2018

Thanks, Dean. I had a bee in my bonnet yesterday.... haha. I am glad you chimed in.

Melissa

reply by Dean Kuch on 07-Dec-2018

UR welcome. :)

Comment from Gloria ....

Excellent

Oh a response to the Millennial radicals. I'm rather encouraged people are getting into poetry again as a way of communicating. And yep no one wants to do the so-called "menial" labour but that is in fact what makes the world go around. Too much technology I fear but without the worker bee, we do not eat and oddly enough will perish.

I much enjoyed this one Melissa and look forward to more in the same vein.

Gloria

 Comment Written 06-Dec-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Dec-2018

Thank you, Gloria. I am glad you enjoyed my little rant. I do not know if it will make a drop of difference, but I feel better. Haha. I am grateful for your review.

Melissa

Comment from janalma

Excellent

Very good and truthful. Appropriate for the times we live in now. Some people seem to think they are above all that low life stuff--like physical labor. I'm getting very tired of all the elites constantly spouting off about what's wrong with everyone else. Enjoyed reading your very accurately pointed poem.

 Comment Written 06-Dec-2018

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reply by the author on 06-Dec-2018

Thanks so much, janalma. I appreciate your comments and review.

All the best,

Melissa

Comment from lyenochka

Excellent

Absolutely true! And without that kind of gratitude for all these services that "worker bees" provide, we would live a terribly, unhappy life, not knowing how much went into all that we enjoy. Well said!

 Comment Written 06-Dec-2018

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reply by the author on 06-Dec-2018

Thank you very much, Helen.

Melissa