Where Virtue Lies

Don’t call yourself a friend to the flower when you try to kill its roots.


Liner notes for this Groove: This is my first attempt at an American Sentence. I'm pretty pleased with this attempt and might try another again soon. It was created for Poets and Storytellers United's Weekly Scribblings prompt, Words of an Unprecedented Year. I tried to tackle allyship, but it looks like a bit of virtue signaling crept in. 


Song Choice: Hound Dog by Big Momma Thornton

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49 comments:

  1. Rosemary Nissen-WadeDecember 1, 2020 at 7:45 PM

    This is an absolutely wonderful American sentence! Not to mention a wonderful choice of being with whom to ally oneself.

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  2. Magaly GuerreroDecember 1, 2020 at 11:34 PM

    I'm laughing really hard right now. Because I, too, started with a different word in mind, but... the ink (and my mood? *cough*) had other plans.

    Also, what Rosemary said!

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    1. Magaly GuerreroDecember 6, 2020 at 11:51 AM

      I'm back for seconds... not just because this American sentence is brilliant and timely, but also because it kept coming back to me as I read a report about people calling immigration on their neighbors--most of them ended their report with phrases like, "I'm doing it for their own good" and "I know this seems harsh, but it will be better for them in the long run". I wanted to turn this poem into a hand and smack those hypocrites with it. All right, I'll stop now. Maybe...

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    2. RommyDecember 6, 2020 at 3:20 PM

      I would be lying if I said people like the ones you described didn't cross my mind when I was writing this. I'd like to etch this on a frying pan and play Tiffany Aching with it.

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  3. Kim M. RussellDecember 2, 2020 at 6:29 AM

    I love your American sentence, Rommy! I’d never heard of allyship before today, and you’ve summed it up beautifully.

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  4. Ron. LavaletteDecember 2, 2020 at 8:17 AM

    Fine AmSent indeed, Rommy. I considered 'Allyship', too, but opted out. Just as well; nothing I could have written would compare.

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  5. Debra She Who SeeksDecember 2, 2020 at 9:03 AM

    An American Sentence -- I've learned something new today!

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    1. RommyDecember 6, 2020 at 3:21 PM

      It is newish to me too, but I wanted to give it a go.

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  6. HelenDecember 2, 2020 at 9:22 AM

    OH I do love your sentence!!! I've been fiddling with them as well, not quite brave enough to post mine. Cheers.

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    1. RommyDecember 6, 2020 at 3:22 PM

      The pantry is always ready when you want to take them out for a whirl!

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  7. Toni SpencerDecember 2, 2020 at 11:01 AM

    A most excellent AS. My second favorite poetry form. Love the AS.

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    1. RommyDecember 6, 2020 at 3:22 PM

      Thanks, Toni! I want to mess around with this form a bit more and see where it takes me.

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  8. LisaDecember 2, 2020 at 12:35 PM

    That's very nice. I had not heard of the American Sentence before this.

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    1. RommyDecember 6, 2020 at 3:23 PM

      I don't think I'd heard of it before this year either, though it is older.

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  9. indybevDecember 2, 2020 at 2:49 PM

    I love your American sentence. Well said, well written!!

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  10. Gillena CoxDecember 2, 2020 at 5:23 PM

    OMG spectacular!!!

    Much💜love

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  11. MargaretDecember 4, 2020 at 6:54 PM

    This is magnificent!

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  12. MarjaDecember 6, 2020 at 12:06 AM

    Very clever, deep and beautiful

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  13. Old EggDecember 6, 2020 at 12:53 AM

    Flowers. animals, insects, seas, mountains even the skies and solar system are all subject to mankind's whims. As I get older iget the feeling that humanity has got it all wrong lauding it over everything.

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    1. RommyDecember 6, 2020 at 3:25 PM

      We humans get quite a bit of things mixed up

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  14. ThotpurgeDecember 6, 2020 at 4:26 AM

    Allyship is a new term for me! You make a good point.

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  15. Gillena CoxDecember 6, 2020 at 4:58 AM

    Happy Sunday Rommy

    Much❤love

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  16. Khaya RonkainenDecember 6, 2020 at 5:08 AM

    That's an outstanding line and thought!

    I've never heard of an American sentence, now I learned something new. And I must say it seems an effective form to deliver just the right words (like yours) at the right time.

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    1. RommyDecember 6, 2020 at 3:27 PM

      I was really pleased at how well it worked for what I wanted to say.

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  17. hyperCRYPTICalDecember 6, 2020 at 5:43 AM

    Very clever American Sentence Rommy. You got it in one. (So many virtue signallers out there, just signalling for clicks.)

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    1. RommyDecember 6, 2020 at 3:27 PM

      People will do a lot of odd things for clicks

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  18. C. SandlinDecember 6, 2020 at 8:58 AM

    Love this. Feel like this is one of those sentences that needs to hang on the heart.

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  19. HazelDecember 6, 2020 at 9:15 AM

    When people get too much saying they hate this, they hate that, that's when I slowly extract myself from virtue signaling a spectator of the discourse as the neologism suddenly becomes old to me.

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    1. RommyDecember 6, 2020 at 3:29 PM

      Some people (try to) build whole personalities defined by the things they hate.

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  20. colleenDecember 6, 2020 at 9:42 AM

    This is perfect. Quotable everywhere. Spread it like seeds.

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  21. dsnake1December 6, 2020 at 9:43 AM

    an excellent American Sentence!
    certainly words to keep in mind.

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  22. J CDecember 6, 2020 at 11:56 AM

    Your try was successful and meaningful but haiku is easier. ;)

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    1. RommyDecember 6, 2020 at 3:30 PM

      LOL, depends on the day for me. Sometimes the haikus/ senryus just don't come as cleanly as I'd like.

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  23. indybevDecember 6, 2020 at 5:32 PM

    A most perfect American sentence filled with such wisdom!

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  24. MargaretDecember 7, 2020 at 5:41 PM

    Second visit here to this fabulous line of poetry! Well penned.

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  25. purplepeninportland.comDecember 10, 2020 at 5:11 PM

    Wonderful American sentence, and message!

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  26. Magic Love CrowDecember 18, 2020 at 7:15 PM

    Very powerful!!!

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