![]() The prevailing shroud of secrecy has not benefited anyone. I sincerely believe that it is important to open up the avenues of communication and encourage honest discussion about this subject, including revengeful inclinations. In some extreme incidences troubled individuals act upon those fantasies and we have all heard about tragic incidences of retaliatory violence. Let me share with you why i chose not to.Īs a previous psychiatric nurse and a victim of childhood bullying myself, I am all too aware of the prevalence of revengeful fantasies. At some point i considered retracting it. I am frankly surprised that it has taken so long for a parent to take me to task over this poem. On Septemat 10:44 pm | Reply andreakwilson This can have a negative outcome in some cases. There must be some discretion when it comes to the graphic description of violence and thought provoking ideas. Although, I believe what you are doing is great, as I’ve been bullied myself, and the poems have educational components to it. Again, you need to realize that there are a lot of young kids on anti-depressant meds for all sorts of reasons, and these class of drugs are known to possibly cause thoughts of suicide in young children as it is. Unfortunately, depending where some of these children are coming from, they will take the bad, and not the good out of these poems.įrom a Bully Poem, speaks of strangling, and she stabbed herself to death. For example, the Carla McFee Poem, At night in my head I imagine her dead, and suffering, and talk of torture and being tied to a stake? Flames scorching her, and her insides baking? Dreaming of her torture? Clearly, this creates violent images,and provokes thoughts and ideas in childrens’ heads. I strongly believe that some of the contents are inappropriate for his age. Today, my son’s 6th grade teacher sent 2 of your poems home. On Septemat 11:34 pm | Reply melissa perry If any of your visitors wish to send poems to me for consideration, that will be okay. I would love to have a poem written about him that I could share when I speak to students, parents, and school personnel.īlessings! I can’t wait to hear from you. If you have a fee for their use, please let me know. ![]() We will indicate that you are the authors and hold the copyright and we will indicate we retrieved them from your website and they are used with your permission. When we decide, we can let you know exacting which poems we wish to use. Your suggest activities are also excellent and may or maynot be included. We will be selling these books to schools and the lesson plans may be made available electronically to teachers who purchase the lesson plans. I am currently writting lesson plan books (preschool-high school) and wish to use some of your poems and poems written by Harold in some of the plans. I have written several books on the topic. My wife and I have dedicated the rest of our lives to preventing and stopping bullying. He died eight years ago from a drug overdose. He eventually turned to drugs to fly away from his hurt. My son was bullied in middle school and high school.
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