Haiku Slam - Knife Crime
This is my haiku slam (technically they are not haikus as haikus are meant to have a seasonal reference, however they fit the syllable count) about young people and knife crime:
Knife crime ruins lives
Happiness destroyed by knives
Let loose on our streets
Young people caught up
In things they never wanted
Portrayed as killers
In reality
All they want is family
Friends, strength in numbers
The lure of money
The promise of belonging
Draws them into traps
They find themselves stuck
Wanting to leave, to escape
But stuck in a gang
Media reports
Newspapers, broadsheets, tabloids
Social media
Showing them as bad
Negative propanganda
Older is safer
Sites unrelenting
Only news about the young
As if it's just kids
In reality
It is often the adults
But kids are shown more
What is it they see
Which makes the crimes by children
Much more newsworthy
So much crime always
Yet we never know unless
It is done by kids
Why does media
Show children in a bad light
When it's adults too
I think that the crimes
By adults are more shocking
For many reasons
They are much older
They should know the difference
Between right and wrong
They are expected
To be more responsible
As they are older
They should be able
To make decisions, as they
Have experience
Children cannot take
The burden of such choices
They are only young
So why are they shown
In such a negative light
Adults do this too
The truth really is
That children are more likely
To become victims
Some just carry knives
As a form of protection
Which leads to more harm
They think knives will help
To keep them safe, but really
It puts them at risk
This could be changed if
Adults gave to their children
Just more protection
It's the adult's job
To keep children safe from harm
And not using knives
If they took this job
More seriously than now
They wouldn't need knives
So, when you see news
About children and knife crime
Just remember that:
They aren't always bad
Just unable to escape
The mess they're stuck in
Comments (5)
14 Feb 2019
I like your idea of your poem as it inspires me to never choose a wrong path in life such as being involved in knife crimes or crimes in general.Thank you for your inspiration.
23 Feb 2019
Your poem is great, I felt touched as I read it! You must have put a lot of work into it, Well Done beloved_chocolate.
23 Sep 2019
Wow what a good post there is a lot of explanation to the problem !!😁
29 Nov 2019
I may be writing this late but you have used lots of things that has been going on around the world ( Mainly (I think) Britain). What if you were in uncomfortable place with people holding or keeping knives what will you do?
Answering my question , I will try to distract them after they are distracted I can run as fast as I can to the police department and tell them everything that I saw.
Overall your final piece was incredibly good and you deserve the star too!
Some extra information : In Britain there is shooting going on in London Bridge. Some schools are now letting kids out late to go home so they can stay safe. Police have been scattered around London Bridge and many blocked roads which caused lots of traffic. This incident has been all around the news. Some presidents are even in this incident because this incident might be the biggest incident going on in London Bridge.
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