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VERSE / Mariann G. Wizard : After Armageddon
Dead City: “Melt Away.” Charcoal drawing by Darlene Muto / mutoart.com After Armageddon After Armageddon,when all the self-righteous have been Raptured upby their vengeful, self-absorbed God,things can get back to normal around here. Tribes will meet again by the rivers,at … Continue reading
VERSE / Larry Piltz : The Sage, the Sophist, and Some Populists
“The Wise Man” by Jim Warren / Jim Warren Studios. New Perfection(The Sage, the Sophist, and Some Populists) The sage saysthe world is perfectalready arrivedyet arriving stilland drifts backinto meditation The sophist explainsthat perfection is the standardby which we need … Continue reading
VERSE / Verandah Porche : CORP O RAT ION
Goya print revisited by Jake and Dinos Chapman. Image from The Guardian. CORP O RAT ION Corporation = root or panic = orca portion = crap iron too = poor can riot = cop or ration = raptor coo in … Continue reading
VERSE / Larry Piltz : A Poem of Judicial Atrocity
Corporate zombie. Photo by Ian MacLellan / MacLellan Images. The Sniff Test[A poem of judicial atrocity] The corporate zombie creatureraises a misshapen nostrilout of the feudal muck,smells air sweet enough to fouland emerges uncontrite,lunging onto stolid groundthe mud beneath it … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Campaign Finance, Corporate Corruption, Larry Piltz, Poetry, Political Satire, Supreme Court, Zombies
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South Africa’s Dennis Brutus : A Poet for Human Rights
Dennis Brutus. Photos by Victor Dlamini / Flickr.He will be remembered for his art and for his life:Liberation poet Dennis Brutus (1924-2009) By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / January 2, 2010 See ‘The Poetic Justice of Dennis … Continue reading
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Tagged Apartheid, Deaths, Human Rights, Mariann G. Wizard, Marilyn Buck, Nelson Mandela, Peace Activists, People, Poetry, Poets, Rugby, South Africa, Sports
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VERSE / Larry Piltz : From God’s Lips to Yours
“A Marriage Proposal.” Wood engraving by Barnard from an 1877 issue of The Illustrated London News / Old-Print.com. From God’s Lips to Yours Happy New Year! At the calendar’s turn past choice becomes clearas our marriage strolls into its fourteenth … Continue reading
Mariann G. Wizard : Ft. Holabird Haiku
Still life of toy soldiers. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, Jan 01, 1937 / Time and Life Pictures / Getty Images Ft. Holabird Haiku See the soldiers, row on row,green leaves on trees —beware defoliant! Vietnam had soldiers too,green boys in … Continue reading
VERSE / Larry Piltz : In the Opt-Out States of America
Big digeridoo. Photo from Pihkva.com. I pledge new legions to The Hagueand fresh new lesions to The Plaguefor medicines to moan and begas Corporatocracy humps my legin the Opt-Out States of AmericaRe the Public Option’s widget plansfor bleeding gums and … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care Reform, Militarism, Poetry, Political Satire, Public Option
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The Afghan War Is Winnable ?
Soviet helicopter brought down by locals in Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.A question, does the following give a true picture? The Afghan War is winnable,The facts, perhaps, are spinnable,Karzai’s intent’s not sinnable,Our General now states. A Soviet Gen’ral said the same,His … Continue reading
VERSE / Alyce Guynn : Speaking of Feet
C’est le pied / Julien Colombier à Paris / Colombier in his studio / Art as Authority. Speaking of Feet I.Why do you look at my feetwhen we speak? Were we lovers in ancient Chinawhere my feet were boundin servitude … Continue reading
