Thursday, September 27, 2007
Protest Poetry
I'm sensing that, as both the brutality of the endless war and people's sense of powerlessness increase, the dissent that falls on deaf ears in the political arena finds its way into art. Case in point: two excellent recent poems in two different periodicals. "Pan" by Stuart Dybek and "Driving Home" by Charles Simic. If you read the poems, let me know what you think.
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something is happening here but you don't know what it is... do you, mister jones?
I’m very impressed with your poetry presentation. It’s uplifting to see such good work. You’ve got both style and substance. A rarity these days. We live in a time of unmitigated disaster. A time when the renegade poet’s voice is one of the few sources of sanity. Thank you for your SANITY!
I’ve written my own poetic response to the Madness of America, which you can read on my website: Google “howl now the poem” or type the URL: http://www.howlnow.com/
I would appreciate your response to HOWL NOW and l would very much like to exchange links.
May poetry become the Voice of a New Americana.
Peace, AA Pritchard
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