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[In the interest of found art, web avatars, chance procedures, self-googling, and the all-around Ashberian culte du moi, I post the following two poems by people who share significant aspects of my name from the Poets Against the War website.]
David Stefansson
29 years old
Reykjavik, Iceland
bio: Two published books of poetry, 1996 and 1999.
Upbringing, Mr. Bush
Tell me
just this
one small
thing:
how
am I supposed to teach
my children
tolerance?
[If I may venture an answer: try googling your name at Poets Against War and reading all the poems that come up that you haven't written! -- bks]
Brian Kim
15 years old
Seattle, Washington
bio: wassup...im brian...this poem was for english class...
My Prayer
This nation should not go to war,
Because we want less death, not more.
We aren’t sure what kind of weapons he has,
He could have nuclear missiles and gas.
President Bush does not have a clue,
I think he’s got a bad case of the flu.
Our nation has to be real smart,
Because in one decision, it could all fall apart.
War will not accomplish anything,
Saddam will still be hiding many things.
He’ll do anything to cause harm to others,
But let’s not let that happen; protect our brothers.
Preventing the war will save millions of lives,
So let’s do our best and keep others alive.
Whatever is done, will be in God’s will,
So let’s just pray, that not one will be killed.
[I think this poem is quite good until it gets to the "brothers" and God stuff -- but after all, that's closer to the language of national policy than most of what us "poets" put out, not that anyone's listening, to me or to Brian "wassup" Kim. -- bks]
this poem sounds like a rap song... not a good one at that
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Posted by: Ellis at January 19, 2004 01:48 AM