Bullying

A poem about what bullying is like and is.

A person is either a victim
of bullying or is a bully

Kids bully other kids to
make themselves feel better
because they have been hurt
and they want other people
to be hurt

That's why kids bully each
other, it's not just for
fun, but it's because they
were hurt

It sucks being bullied I
know

Kids bully each other for
certain things that has
happened to them

This is why kids hurt them
selves or kids hurt other
people

If you are hurt by something
or someone go talk to some
one

A person is either a victim
of bullying or is a bully

Author's Note

I wrote this because the bullying is causing kids to hurt themselves or kill themselves and its not cool. A bunch of kids get hurt with bullying and everyone is cracking down on stopping the bullying, but how can it be stopped if 1 out of 4 teachers see it, and most of the time when teachers do see it they don't do a thing about it. I think the teachers should pay more attention to what's going on with the kids around them.

Reviews

[James Winter]

You have an important message which I agree with; having experienced bullying myself I can only cringe seeing how teachers are still ignoring the children's need for help whether it be the bully or the victim of bullying. It's disheartening, really!

That being said I do ponder if your message wouldn't come across better in another form. Poems are great, but your style of writing seems almost more fit for a story or some form or prose, perhaps a reflective essay. I think it could be interesting to see how it would read if you put the text into another style, I think it could be really good!

You have some good perspectives on bullying. You don't just say, "bullies are bad!", you also ponder, "why does someone bully? - perhaps they have been hurt." That's nice to see; these ponders will reach the reader and make them think about your observations. I think it would be good if you used these ponders all through the text. At a place like, "It sucks being bullied", your interesting ponders somewhat go away and instead just make a claim which is kind of hard to reflect on. If you could make such passage as interesting as the others, I think you would do really well!

Thank you for sharing.

[Stormie Sky]

thank you so much

[Coyote Poetry]

I don't know. I believe we decide what we want. I was raised in Detroit. You fought or got beat up. I like to fight. I was left alone. You must stand your ground and assist people who don't know how. I believe parent must teach their children. Don't accept bullying and stand your ground. People fear people who smile and don't care. When I got older and wiser. I told people. You got nothing to say to me. Say nothing. Your opinion mean little and I walked away. Always foolish people in our world. Better to be kind and considerate than be a bully. A very good poem. Open the door to a long discussion. Thank you for the excellent poem.
Coyote

[Stormie Sky]

thank you so much

[Sami Khalil]

A poem with a good message...:)

[Stormie Sky]

thanks

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)

[Talal Hussain]

A very impressive write...its a shame that its still happening...i hope one day all this will be over..

[Stormie Sky]

thanks and I hope it will be over one day to

[NITHIN PURPLE]

the idea is a real one,its happening in school as the news said,still kids become murders and killing class mates and friends...good to share!!

[Stormie Sky]

thanks

[RyanXIII]

This is a moving piece with a very important message but i have to say i agree with James, although poetry has no set structure or rule i feel your writing would be far more usefull in a research journal of some sort... why not try to write i dissertation based on the facts and figures about bullying and research ways schools around the world have tried to stop it, it could be an important read if you hit on to something.

Please dont feel that i am asking you not to be a poet i just feel this particular piece needs a different style and needs to be seen by a different audience.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

[Stormie Sky]

thanks

[Celtic]

This's nice n deeo writin', every one i think sbould gotta follow your this writn' , because now a days every kid does such kinda a bullshits or bully n does hurt onself n other together...
so, your this writin' sends message to every one that
"DON'T BE A BULLY, BE A STAR"

[Stormie Sky]

thanks

[Luke L]

very interesting... is that something a person can learn to deal with? I mean it really sucks, but the world is going to be the world and some aspects of it are cruel like that. Can a child through doing difficult things develop the self-confidence to defend themselves?

[Stormie Sky]

It's hard for some people to stand up for them selves.

[Luke L]

that is true... hmm I wonder how a child can be helped in that regard. It is a complex thing. I do believe a child has to develop a certain toughness, because of the difficult things what a person has to deal with in life. But how do they do that? Martial arts? Sports? Creating great art? hmmm

[Stormie Sky]

they have friends that help them go talk to someone if they do get bullied. not a lot of people do anything about the bullying until a kid hurts themselves, then they do something when its to late.

[Luke L]

hmm I'm sure that helps, but I think a person needs to have that inner confidence to deal with situations as they come, rather than having to rely on other people that way.

[Stormie Sky]

some people do have that inner confidence and some people don't have enough of it.

[Luke L]

hmmm how do you think the people who don't have it could develop more?

[Stormie Sky]

I don't know how they could develop more

[Nick.B]

Interesting conception and message...sometimes bullying comes to fill a gap(a maternal love maybe, alcoholic dad etc...) sometimes is just human nature they see a little kid reading comic books and they kick the sh*t out of him, also that's why the kids that are bullied escape this world in comic books to dream that one day they will become like superman, batman, iron man....great job

[Stormie Sky]

thanks