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VERSE / Larry Ray : John Boehner: A Crocodilian Crock?
Sir John of Orange: A portrait in courage?This, my last post of the year, dear readers, is a short few quatrains; prickly poetry that would probe the mind of the incoming GOP Speaker of the House, the emotionally delicate John … Continue reading
VERSE / Eric Gordon : The One-Leaflet Theory of Revolution
Graphic from Ben Cumming / Flickr. The One-Leaflet Theory of RevolutionO God, O Muse, O Creative Spirit,O shades of Revolution from generations gone,I chasten my heart and bend my knee to implore you,Send down,to one so tired of working and … Continue reading
VERSE / Alyce Guynn : Minnie Redux
Image from Found Shit. Minnie Redux(after Cab Calloway’s ‘Minnie the Moocher’) I never kicked the gongyet I have longedfor an opiatic oblivionto the world pressing down I find it– that escape–in books, rented BBC seriesthe hat moviesand, at times, in … Continue reading
VERSE / Bobby Nelson : The Wall
Photo by Veruschka (1971) / Playboy / Flatrock. THE WALL We are all masonshighly skilledwithout apprenticeshipa birthright of our culture We lay the bricksunintentionally – without designas we sit in silenceand long for god-driven bulldozers to crush our life’s work Our … Continue reading
VERSE / Mariann G. Wizard : The Real Dragon (for Marilyn Buck)
People who come out of prison can build up the country.Misfortune is a test of people’s fidelity.Those who protest at injustice are people of true merit.When the prison-doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out. — Ho Chi Minh, … Continue reading
Vision of a Better World : Let the Poets Speak
Meridel Le Sueur. Photo from Working Women.Class, race, empire, and resistance:The vision of the poetBy Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / June 28, 2010 Oil Spills as the Gulf of Mexico is Destroyed Judge with BP Stock Rules Against … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Harry Targ, Left, Literature, Poetry, Poets, Radical Arts, Social Change
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VERSE / Larry Piltz : The Wound of the Gulf
The Gulf of Mexico. Photo from Nature’s Portraits. Oil is the salt in The wound of the Gulf By Houma Cayenne We have saltwater in our veinsand when it pours it biblically rainsGod knows we’ve had our losses and gainshad … Continue reading
VERSE / Larry Piltz : New Atlantis and Banglateche
“Earth could not answer; nor the Seas that mourn…” Illustration by Adelaide Hanscom and Blanche Cumming (1905) for “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,” tr. Edward Fitzgerald / Wikimedia Commons. New Atlantis and Banglateche By Houma Cayenne Here beside my breathing … Continue reading
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Tagged British Petroleum, Ecology, Environment, Gulf Coast, Larry Piltz, Literature, Louisiana, Oil Spill, Poetry
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VERSE / Larry Piltz : The Gulf
Art from illusion360.The Gulf “The water was fouled at once,but they drank it none the less,a mess of mud and blood”– Thucydides Oil on the waterblood on the sandscruel and unusualbig business planseleven souls dyingthen millions moreof fellow live beingsdamn … Continue reading
VERSE / Larry Piltz : We’re Focused in Going Forward
“Piggy Banker.” Painting © Zina Saunders 2009. We’re Focused In Going Forward (a song) We’re focused in going forwardhoping we’re not moving backwardthat our dreams are not shatteredand we’re doing things that matter We have a laser-eye viewof what we … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Larry Piltz, Lyrics, Poetry, Political Satire, Wall Street
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VERSE / Mariann G. Wizard : Pirates of Health-Care Reform
Corporate Pirate. Image from jacobdivett.Pirates of Health-Care Reform Of all the old pirates of story and song,Blackbeard; and Bluebeard; John Silver, called “Long”;each had his own favorite way to do wrong! Some liked to pillage, and some liked to loot,some … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Abuse, Health Care Reform, Mariann G. Wizard, Pirates, Poetry
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