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16 Feb 03 - 01:47 PM (#891625) Subject: BS: Poems Not Fit for the White House From: GUEST There will be a demonstration at NY's Lincoln Center tomorrow night, February 17th, sponsored by Not in Our Name, and Poets Against the War. You can read more about other actions, triggered by the cancellation by Laura Bush, of a poetry symposium scheduled to have been held last Wedensday at the White House. You can read about it at the Artists Network of Refuse & Resist here: http://www.artistsnetwork.org/news8/news353.html And you can also donate money to pay for an ad on the NY Times Op Ed page tomorrow here, at the Poets Against the War website: http://poetsagainstthewar.org/ |
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16 Feb 03 - 01:52 PM (#891628) Subject: RE: BS: Poems Not Fit for the White House From: KarlMarx Thanks . . . |
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16 Feb 03 - 02:27 PM (#891659) Subject: RE: BS: Poems Not Fit for the White House From: harvey andrews A very apposite verse for dear George by Philip Larkin; They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. |
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16 Feb 03 - 02:34 PM (#891664) Subject: RE: BS: Poems Not Fit for the White House From: KarlMarx Does that poem mean that Boy George needs ridlin . . . ? |
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16 Feb 03 - 02:56 PM (#891677) Subject: RE: BS: Poems Not Fit for the White House From: GUEST EARTH POEM by Mahmoud Darwish tr. by Abdullah Al-Udhari A dull evening in a run-down village Eyes half asleep I recall thirty years And five wars I swear the future keeps My ear of corn And the singer croons About a fire and some strangers And the evening is just another evening And the singer croons And they asked him: Why do you sing? And he answered: I sing because I sing ....... And they searched his chest But could only find his heart And they searched his heart But could only find his people And they searched his voice But could only find his grief And they searched his grief But could only find his prison And they searched his prison But could only see themselves in chains |
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16 Feb 03 - 03:01 PM (#891683) Subject: RE: BS: Poems Not Fit for the White House From: Willie-O If, as Laura Bush is reported to have said "Poetry should not be used for political purposes", the next thing I hope she'll get Shrub to do will be to officially retire that dreadful piece of doggerel "The Star-Spangled Banner", 'n bury it deep. Willie-O |