The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Mon 3/2/2009)

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Two Clerics Hacked to Death in Holy City

I just love that, so let me say it again.
The alliteration alone is admirable, and the cadence-
nothing better than iambic pentameter:
Two Clerics Hacked to Death in Holy City.

Man, that’s got swing, ring-a-ding, and an action
verb, I can really feel it, hack, I can almost see it,
hack, hack, hack. Talk about a wake-up call.
This morning, I’m reading the news, checking in
with the war when like music to my ears:

Two Clerics Hacked to Death in Holy City.
It should win the Pulitzer, or maybe
the Nobel. But then I turn the page,
and listen to this:

A Five-Year-Old Aims His Kalashnikov.
Such lovely triple rhythms! A natural progression,
and I can’t wait to hear tomorrow’s song:
the harmonics of humanity, the croon
of carnage in every holy city.

Susan Browne

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[blueraven95]

1. hmmm....

very interesting, this one.




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2. Good Morning

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[Chorophyll]

3. Damn.

The poet gets props for seeing the accidental poetry of the headlines.
Then there's the biting satire.
Then there's the tragedy.

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear Retro!

Good grief.

Yeah, great alliteration...:eyes:

Certainly off the beaten path, what?

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[Dora]

5. Very nice, but I think she took it out of the oven too soon.

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