Poetic Justice (Don\'t burn the flag. Wash it!)Poetic Justice (Don\'t burn the flag. Wash it!)A political poetry blog. Original poetry, video and artwork. A dissenting verse. 
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BURNING DREAM
2007-09-09 01:17:00 (A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Baghdad Burn ing ... I'll meet you 'round the bend my friend, where hearts can heal and souls can mend......The first minutes after passing the border were overwhelming. Overwhelming relief and overwhelming sadness… How is it that only a stretch of several kilometers and maybe twenty minutes, so firmly segregates life from death?...As I sit here in my quiet writing space, a much needed rainTapping out its eager ballet upon the equally eager soil,I cannot help but imagine another driving backbeat of fearWrithing and weaving its way across the sand toward Syria;Moving upon the shattered dance floor like a repellent leperStumbling toward new floors and ceilings and fresh ground and flesh.The earth has its milk to give, the people their gratefulness.The empire has its blood to spill, the meek their mourning.The lies have their tales to tell, the truth its casualty;Brown blood coursing over the scourge filled wilderness.I have seen the silent Sacred Ibis ... More About: Dream
WHY DO WE NOT LIVE
2007-09-07 06:21:00 Elton & Pavarotti - Live Like HorsesWhy live? Why such appetite if we only aspire to its demise; this odd sphere's protracted pining which hunger itself appears to not have any use for. The insides of a child, the spattered family, the fallen soldier, all lying on the barren street engulfed in livings final drink understand more than this. This odd yearning for what seems to be discarded so readily without remorse or as much as a blink of an eye; the gasp for breath at our birth seems slightly strange given our anorexic affection toward mankind. Our craving for such a quickening demise only to be buried with the presumptive wish of tomorrow’s lustrous hue, is madness! We’ve no more sense than this? Have we prodded enough of our heart’s living that it’s time to explore beyond it into the unknowable?Yes! Why can’t we live like horses; blast the shackled raven and salvage the senses; break free the walls and live unbridled; our experiment’s incomplete and our living needs ...
Pavarotti - R. I. P.
2007-09-06 17:30:00 (Ben Heine - Cartoons)Luciano Pavarotti , the Italian singer whose ringing, pristine sound set a standard for operatic tenors of the postwar era, died early this morning at his home in Modena, in northern Italy. He was 71.Barry White, Bryan Adams, Meat Loaf, Alex Britti, Joe Cocker, Jovanotti, James Brown, Michael Bolton, Dolores O'Riordan, Zucchero, & Elton John all appearing with the master of voice...Expand "read the poem" to hear and see them all and celebrate this man's gift.And a solo by the singer that all others should aspire to.Luciano,May your winged voice soar above the world's desperation...http://apoeticjustice.blogs pot.com/atom.xml http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc
THE VIRGIN AND THE SEASONED
2007-09-05 07:32:00 (APJ's Other Video)Bush just playing us with 'troop withdrawal'Olbermann: "President Bush told troops in Iraq some of them may be able to come home. To a country dying of thirst, the president seemed to vaguely promise a drink from a full canteen -- a promise predicated on the assumption that he is not lying. Yet you are lying, Mr. Bush. Again. But now, we know why. " "...Everything you said about Iraq yesterday, and everything you will say, is a deception, for the purpose of this one cynical, unacceptable, brutal goal: perpetuating this war indefinitely."(full transcript)THE VIRGIN AND THE SEASONEDRight after the sky had seemingly dumped all its gloom upon this worldAnd sunny days lay ahead of us… some of us… maybe some lucky son of the rich;Just when the world could use some talk of peace and healing of woundsAnd unruffled reflection allowed to descend… or shine… or sidle between dry lips;O! That this world could make use of silence or a hushed and soothing reverieFrom ... More About: Virgin , Seas
EXCORCIZING HOPE
2007-09-03 09:39:00 (A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Bill Donohue vs Hitchens at C&LO! To believe we are alone!Place her deeds upon the groundand the children smile upon them! Race to her side,their hunger smiling upon the air!Hands out, eager to accept her truth.Hands out, smiling for their sustenance.Hands out, hoping she is their god.Foolish it may be to hope her a miracle,foolish it may be to think she’s not.O! To believe we are alone!With power’s hunger exorcizing our children’s hope,with war’s thirst swilling all the rain,with man’s greed consuming all the air,must it be a battle of faith to see this;the world’s offspring reaching, palms up,their hunger then smiling?O! To believe we are alone!Where is your faith in man,beneath the mist of your untold agony?Where is your faith in man,prostrate beneath the dictator’s forsaken glory?Where is your hope?O! To be or believe we are alone!Contemptuous old fools!No faith in humanity,unbelieving of anything greater than yourselves,your tongues ... More About: Hope
DEPLETED
2007-09-02 01:08:00 O! This still night jostles the dripping centerBringing closer our wedding of dark breathStrapped to the chest in an intelligent designAnd stirring the cackled graves of the suffering;Thousands of them slain in the time it takesA tall building to implode in a torrent of fleshOr in the span of dreaming up a new God.O! The still night quickens our oozing coreRending nearer our pitching dream.On its back rides a chattering ugly thingMade of our thoughts and our hunger.It’s come to anoint our feet with moist lipsAnd place a wreath `round our neckAnd call us savior, liberator and murderer.(Like I said, it’s a chattering ugly thing…)http://apoeticjustice.blogspot.c om/atom.xml http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc More About: Eple
SING IT! (New Orleans)
2007-08-30 07:00:00 WARBLESing it, George! Sing it! Sing it!Sing it, baby! Sing it!Carry your message to the worldWarble from shore to shoreHarmonize into BaghdadSing your truths to the deadSing in the darkened streetsSing it under watery New Orleans Sing it loud! Sing it fiercely!Lie! Lie! Lie! Lie!Sing your lies to the masses,Watch now as they burn,The glow reflected in your eyesAnd through your dark soul...Sing it, baby! Sing it!Sing it! Sing it!Empire awaits!Thank you Blue Gal and... http://www.suspect-device.com/blog/?p=152 5http://www.suspect-device.com/blog/?p=15 44http://www.suspect-device.com/blog/?p=1 550http://bgalrstate.blogspot.com/2007/08 /katrina-anniversary.htmlhttp://www.blogi ntegrity.net/2007/08/criminal-neglig.html http://www.first-draft.com/2007/08/rememb er.htmlhttp://www.first-draft.com/2007/08 /bush-coming-to-.htmlhttp://flprogressive .blogspot.com/2007/08/two-years-ago-today .htmlhttp://apoeticjustice.blogspot.com/a tom.xml http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc
Imperialism's Rant
2007-08-29 18:00:00 What is one of the bigger problems facing the USA today?Watch this short video and then answer that question.This man is not to be made fun, he is to be pitied. He is a product of people like Ted Nugent, and Ted Nugent is a product of other Ted Nugent’s, and they are all the byproduct of years and years of the (1) dumbing down of the American education system, particularly K through 12, (2) which includes the educators. They are a product as well of (3) the lack of any worthy historical perspectives and of (4) the growing divide and disconnect between the rich and the middleclass/poor.(1) George W. Bush: “The illiteracy rate of our children are appalling.”(2) The educators, both k-12 and college professors, are, in many cases just plain lazy and do not search for the truths under the sheen of their own phantom power, or they have incorporated the lies they’ve been sold into their own fixed paradigm of reality (truth) and then pass this “truth” down from generation to gen... More About: Rant , Peri , Imperialism
BOTTOMLESS APPETITE
2007-08-26 21:15:00 Bill Moyers: Surge in Bushco Propaganda Denies Reality on the GroundThen at last the wolves began to devour one anotherThey ripped into the other’s flesh relentlesslyThey said nothing of their brotherhoodNothing of humanityThey said nothingJust engraved flesh to boneAnd to their loved onesIt was told they had become illOr a roadside trap had sunk their haunchesA martyr for the causeBlossoms of more beautiful death moving over their shouldersAnd to the country wolvesThe safeThe listlessThe counterfeit freedom loversTo them it all seemedA natural progression of the ferocious worldEnviously seeking their freedomsTheir riches, their dreamsSoon the blossoms wiltedAnd a rancid stench drifted over the Sunday serviceUntil their worship turned outwardAnd pounced upon its host© 2007 mrp/thepoetrymanhttp://apoeticjustice.blo gspot.com/atom.xml http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc More About: Petit , Bottom
FOR ALL WE KNOW
2007-08-24 18:05:00 (A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Gang Members in the Military Ranks I read the following via The Peace Train: "And do you think these gang bangers and petty criminals make good soldiers? These are the Abu Ghraib, Haditha and rape and murder soldiers you read about. And there are THOUSANDS of them in Iraq and Afghanistan, not the one or two bad apples as some try to excuse. So many in fact the military has a problem with soldiers kicking down doors in raids and walking off with Iraqi's personal property and money." -Street gang members in the military might be a problem, certainly, but not necessarily as it seems-1. It is a small faction of the military… recruited knowingly by the military.2. It is not, in my opinion, the reason for Abu or Haditha or rape or murder in Iraq perpetrated by certain troops. It may well be used in the near future as the excuse, but it is, in my opinion, certainly not the reason.Then I read this on Aftermath News:" A ghost army of gangbangers presents a t...
Long Distance by André de Korvin
2007-08-23 21:33:00 At first we all went horizontal.It was as if New York had fallenflat on its face.Later,tombstones started to click yearslike odometers of runaway cars.Pine boxes became telephone boothsfrom which we called collectfriends and relatives still alive.After each call,my neighbor's widowwept guilt and flowers on the ground.She would stand very still, her precious timeslowly fading into memories of clocks.© 2007 adk/ andrédekorvinhttp://apoeticjustice.blogs pot.com/atom.xml http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc More About: Long , Long Distance
IMPRECATORY FAILURE
2007-08-18 23:57:00 (Poetryman Photomontage)"Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you? I hate them with complete hatred; I count them my enemies." - Psalm 139:21-22With that, let us look at what it means to pray in the imprecatory style…im∙pre∙cate (transitive and intransitive verb)imprecate [im`prә’kàte]curseto call down something bador harmful, especially acurse on somebody.(formal)im∙pre∙ca∙tor (noun)With this limitedly defined word I conclude that it is something akin to two children fighting over a stuffed animal or a GI Joe and calling one another’s mama “fat”.For many of the so-called “faithful”, however, it is much more than reckless playground banter.Take Pastor Wiley Drake for example; this “man of God” a href="http://www.christiannewswire.com/ne ws/44143894.html">has called and is calling for the Imprecatory Prayer against the Religious Liberty Watchdog Group, the AU. PASTOR DRAKE: In light of the recent attack f... More About: Failure , Tory , Lure , Cato
IMPRECATORY FAILURE
2007-08-18 23:57:00 (Poetryman Photomontage)"Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you? I hate them with complete hatred; I count them my enemies." - Psalm 139:21-22With that, let us look at what it means to pray in the imprecatory style?im?pre?cate (transitive and intransitive verb)imprecate [im`pr??kte]curseto call down something bador harmful, especially acurse on somebody.(formal)im?pre?ca?tor (noun)With this limitedly defined word I conclude that it is something akin to two children fighting over a stuffed animal or a GI Joe and calling one another?s mama ?fat?.For many of the so-called ?faithful?, however, it is much more than reckless playground banter.Take Pastor Wiley Drake for example; this ?man of God? has called and is calling for the Imprecatory Prayer against the Religious Liberty Watchdog Group, the AU.PASTOR DRAKE: In light of the recent attack from the enemies of God I ask the children of God to go into action with Imprecatory Prayer. ... More About: Failure , Tory , Lure , Cato
SOMETHING HOWLS
2007-08-13 04:19:00 (Ben Heine - Cartoons)Mega-Church Cancels Memorial for Gay Veteran Pastor says the decision wasn't based on hatred, but on principle...ARLINGTON, TEXAS — a mega-church canceled a memorial service for a Navy veteran 24 hours before it was to start because the deceased was gay.Officials at the nondenominational High Point Church knew that Cecil Howard Sinclair was gay when they offered to host his service, said his sister, Kathleen Wright. But after his obituary listed his life partner as one of his survivors, she said, it was called off."It's a slap in the face. It's like, 'Oh, we're sorry he died, but he's gay so we can't help you,' " she said Friday.Is it that you suffer not for this soldier’s fading? The landscape of your thinking is littered,Tufts of lifeless matter dark as death fall away-You’ve this behind you; furrows of measured evilSnaking across the damp gorge of your being.You are not sacred in time, not humane, righteous.You crawl upon your knees, grovel of ... More About: Some
SOMETHING HOWLS
2007-08-13 04:19:00 (Ben Heine - Cartoons)Mega-Church Cancels Memorial for Gay Veteran Pastor says the decision wasn't based on hatred, but on principle...ARLINGTON, TEXAS ? a mega-church canceled a memorial service for a Navy veteran 24 hours before it was to start because the deceased was gay.Officials at the nondenominational High Point Church knew that Cecil Howard Sinclair was gay when they offered to host his service, said his sister, Kathleen Wright. But after his obituary listed his life partner as one of his survivors, she said, it was called off."It's a slap in the face. It's like, 'Oh, we're sorry he died, but he's gay so we can't help you,' " she said Friday.Is it that you suffer not for this soldier?s fading?The landscape of your thinking is littered,Tufts of lifeless matter dark as death fall away-You?ve this behind you; furrows of measured evilSnaking across the damp gorge of your being.You are not sacred in time, not humane, righteous.You crawl upon your knees, grovel of your cr... More About: Some
BEFORE VALOR
2007-08-10 15:33:00 (A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Before valor fades or a soldier?s honorably lain;Before shrapnel and horrors stand forward;Before the screech of missiles, snap of breath;Before the water chokes, the marine howls;Before the steady drum and bugle sound;Before the sidewalks are washed of the event;Before shivering flesh and darkness ignite;Before food, clothing and shelter;Before the whispered birth of wayward night;Before all else; were we alive?Did we sense humanity?s plea;Grasp this; our solemn relationship;Fortunate to have been born at all,To breathe where breath is free;That the world exhales next to us,Eats, drinks, prays, dies alongside our death?O is there no truth that lives,That wrestles deceit to its knees;Living that scowls at hopeless warWhose breath stinks beyond our living?When spirits fade and innocence slain,Lowered to their private defeat,With each, a world?s breath, mislaid. 2007 mrp/thepoetrymanhttp://apoeticjustice.blo gspot.com/atom.xml http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc More About: Valor , Fore
BEFORE VALOR
2007-08-10 15:33:00 (A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Before valor fades or a soldier’s honorably lain;Before shrapnel and horrors stand forward;Before the screech of missiles, snap of breath;Before the water chokes, the marine howls;Before the steady drum and bugle sound;Before the sidewalks are washed of the event;Before shivering flesh and darkness ignite;Before food, clothing and shelter;Before the whispered birth of wayward night;Before all else; were we alive?Did we sense humanity’s plea;Grasp this; our solemn relationship;Fortunate to have been born at all,To breathe where breath is free;That the world exhales next to us,Eats, drinks, prays, dies alongside our death…O is there no truth that lives,That wrestles deceit to its knees;Living that scowls at hopeless warWhose breath stinks beyond our living?When spirits fade and innocence slain,Lowered to their private defeat,With each, a world’s breath, mislaid.© 2007 mrp/thepoetrymanhttp://apoeticjustice.blo gspot.com/atom.xml http://pinger.blog... More About: Valor
Don't burn the flag. Wash it!
2007-08-07 15:23:00 Well...It is here. The first volume. 167 pages of poetry for $13.99...Don't burn the flag. Wash it! (Volume 1) at Amazon Bookshttp://apoeticjustice.blogspot.com/a tom.xml http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc More About: Flag , Burn
Don't burn the flag. Wash it!
2007-08-07 15:23:00 Well...It is here. The first volume.Don't burn the flag. Wash it! (Volume 1) at Amazon Books http://apoeticjustice.blogspot.com/atom.x ml http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc More About: Flag , Burn
WE SHALL NEVER FORGET AUGUST 6, 2001
2007-08-06 07:20:00 Picture above found at Horrible Scope~August 6, 2001: Bush Administration Warned 'Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States'Two and a half years after 9/11, the American public learned today that President Bush received explicit warnings that Osama bin Laden was planning to attack the United States – including activities "consistent with preparations for hijacking." Yet, there was no domestic follow-up by the Bush administration. No high level meetings. No sense of urgency. No warnings to FBI agents across the country. We now know why the Bush administration has been hiding the Aug. 6, 2001, intelligence briefing for the president, called "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States." All of the 9/11 Commission members – Republicans and Democrats – have asked the Bush administration to declassify this document. There are precedents for releasing presidential daily briefings and the American public deserves to know what President Bush knew and when.W... More About: Forge
WE SHALL NEVER FORGET AUGUST 6, 2001
2007-08-06 07:20:00 Picture above found at Horrible Scope~August 6, 2001: Bush Administration Warned 'Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States'Two and a half years after 9/11, the American public learned today that President Bush received explicit warnings that Osama bin Laden was planning to attack the United States ? including activities "consistent with preparations for hijacking." Yet, there was no domestic follow-up by the Bush administration. No high level meetings. No sense of urgency. No warnings to FBI agents across the country. We now know why the Bush administration has been hiding the Aug. 6, 2001, intelligence briefing for the president, called "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States." All of the 9/11 Commission members ? Republicans and Democrats ? have asked the Bush administration to declassify this document. There are precedents for releasing presidential daily briefings and the American public deserves to know what President Bush knew and when.We also... More About: Forge
WE SHOULD ALL
2007-08-05 02:34:00 Part of Zen Cabin's "Catapult the Shame" BlogSwarm (A Poetic Justice Photomontage) Dark ideas search for the rigid ropewhich strangles truth to its gloomy demiseWe should all be tired of the cries,We should all be weary of the lossWe should all be exhausted of the liesWe should all be holding our breathWe should all be grousing of warsWe should all be moaning at deathWe should all be drained from deceitWe should all be tattered of regretWe should all be shrieking out loudThat we shall never forget!© 2007 mrp/thepoetrymanhttp://apoeticjustice.blo gspot.com/atom.xml http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc
WE SHOULD ALL
2007-08-05 02:34:00 (A Poetic Justice Photomontage) Dark ideas search for the rigid ropewhich strangles truth to its gloomy demiseWe should all be tired of the cries,We should all be weary of the lossWe should all be exhausted of the liesWe should all be holding our breathWe should all be grousing of warsWe should all be moaning at deathWe should all be drained from deceitWe should all be tattered of regretWe should all be shrieking out loudThat we shall never forget! 2007 mrp/thepoetrymanhttp://apoeticjustice.blo gspot.com/atom.xml http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc
REASONS by Andr de Korvin
2007-08-01 20:49:00 He went in no direction at all becauselamps couldn't focus any longeron the true meaning of his verseand tomatoes, sold near water towers,wouldn't rent their rednessto the shame of revolutionssold cheaper by the dozen.He went becausewords weren't pretending anymoreto be wedding rings around his fingersand clocks,in the final analysis,can't measurethe erratic path of disasters. 2007 adk/ andrdekorvinhttp://apoeticjustice.blogsp ot.com/atom.xml http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc More About: Reasons
REASONS by André de Korvin
2007-08-01 20:49:00 He went in no direction at all becauselamps couldn't focus any longeron the true meaning of his verseand tomatoes, sold near water towers,wouldn't rent their rednessto the shame of revolutionssold cheaper by the dozen.He went becausewords weren't pretending anymoreto be wedding rings around his fingersand clocks,in the final analysis,can't measurethe erratic path of disasters.© 2007 adk/ andrédekorvinhttp://apoeticjustice.blogs pot.com/atom.xml http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc More About: Reasons
UPON THE AIR
2007-07-30 16:11:00 With Eyes Fixed on a Distant Soccer Field, Iraqis Leap at a Reason to Celebrate(Ben Heine - Cartoons)BAGHDAD, July 29 ? The bare statistics will record that in the 71st minute of a soccer tournament 5,000 miles from Iraq, a Kurd from Mosul kicked a ball onto the head of a Sunni from Kirkuk, who ricocheted it into the goal to secure a 1-0 victory for Iraq over Saudi Arabia on Sunday in the final of the 2007 Asian Cup.On July 29th of the year two-thousand and seven, The Lionsof the Two Rivers rumbled to a much welcomed conquest;a country torn asunder, wobbling over an impending loss,was offered a respite of her recent consumption of warfare.As victory swept through the strident air like a dauntless chargerFor many it was hard to imagine, bittersweet, impossible;A swooning land takes refuge where it may, pure Arabian, heartand soul- ?Iraq! Iraq!? ?Peace for Iraq!? hung loudly on the air.?I hope this victory will unite my country?where nights have been extremely warm with the color of h... More About: The A
UPON THE AIR
2007-07-30 16:11:00 With Eyes Fixed on a Distant Soccer Field, Iraqis Leap at a Reason to CelebrateBAGHDAD, July 29 — The bare statistics will record that in the 71st minute of a soccer tournament 5,000 miles from Iraq, a Kurd from Mosul kicked a ball onto the head of a Sunni from Kirkuk, who ricocheted it into the goal to secure a 1-0 victory for Iraq over Saudi Arabia on Sunday in the final of the 2007 Asian Cup.(Ben Heine - Cartoons)On July 29th of the year two-thousand and seven, The Lionsof the Two Rivers rumbled to a much welcomed conquest;a country torn asunder, wobbling over an impending loss,was offered a respite of her recent consumption of warfare.For many, as victory swept through the strident airlike a dauntless charger, it was hard to imagine, bittersweet, impossible;a swooning land takes refuge where it may- pure Arabian, heartand soul- “Iraq! Iraq!” “Peace for Iraq!” hung loudly on the air.“I hope this victory will unite my country”where nights have been extremely warm wit...
FIERY ARCHANGEL
2007-07-28 06:05:00 (A Poetic Justice Photomontage) Iraq?s environment minister blamed Monday the use of depleted uranium weapons by U.S. forces during the 2003 Operation Shock and Awe for the current surge in cancer cases across the country.As a result of ?at least 350 sites in Iraq being contaminated during bombing? with depleted uranium (DU) weapons, Nermin Othman said, the nation is facing about 140,000 cases of cancer, with 7,000 to 8,000 new ones registered each year.Speaking at a ministerial meeting of the Arab League, she also complained that many chemical plants and oil facilities had been destroyed during the two military campaigns since the 1990s, but the ecological consequences remain unclear.Do we not feel the fiery archangel's eyeswhen tumors grow from our touch?So black, so deadened... Numb is this hollownessas the world watches our march upon gravesand hears the sand shriek in dismay!O! Our time calls out for more than this from us;it begs a reflection upon tendernesswith hunger's ple... More About: Chang , Chan
FIERY ARCHANGEL
2007-07-28 06:05:00 Iraq’s environment minister blamed Monday the use of depleted uranium weapons by U.S. forces during the 2003 Operation Shock and Awe for the current surge in cancer cases across the country.As a result of “at least 350 sites in Iraq being contaminated during bombing” with depleted uranium (DU) weapons, Nermin Othman said, the nation is facing about 140,000 cases of cancer, with 7,000 to 8,000 new ones registered each year.Speaking at a ministerial meeting of the Arab League, she also complained that many chemical plants and oil facilities had been destroyed during the two military campaigns since the 1990s, but the ecological consequences remain unclear.(A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Do we not feel the fiery archangel's eyeswhen tumors grow from our touch?So black, so deadened... Numb is this hollownessas the world watches our march upon gravesand hears the sand shriek in dismay!O! Our time calls out for more than this from us;it begs a reflection upon tendernesswith hunger'... More About: Chang , Chan
MEET A YOUNG CROP OF DICK CHENEYS
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