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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OUR OWN RECONGNIZANCE (Head-Line poetry 7/30/09)
2009-07-30 22:43:00 (A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Guantanamo inmate to be releasedUnaccountable flesh and bone and greed and crueltymixed in with the fineness of a discarded spider?s legand everything else that we?ll soon release of ourselves.Iran to release prominent reformist from jailStride slowly now, warrior, on the sidewalktoward your battle. It will be this taste, this airthat you shall carry for others to Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Poetry , Head , Line
QUESTIONS FOR THE FREE
2009-07-29 22:42:00 Iran 'releases 140 demonstrators'Was it dark in there? Were you in pain?Is it light outside on the path to sovereignty?Do you have the same evil upon your streets as we?Why does gloom sit with you on the crimson sidewalk?Careful that you not tarry long, for wickedness Will surely wipe the efforts of tyrants upon your joy.Gates says U.S. urban pullout in Iraq going wellAre you proud? Rush to war Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Questions , Free
I AM NOT AFRAID
2009-07-27 22:41:00 English translation of the video [+/-]I am not afraid.I am not afraid if in the turmoils of these conspicuous times I will be accused of conspiracy.I am not afraid to be accused of stirring unrest, but you cannot deny that I am a mother; not only the mother of "Tandis & Baran" [refering to her daughter Baran Kowsari], but also the mother of all that youth who has been witnessing their own mothers Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com
SHACKLES OF IRON...
2009-07-20 22:38:00 On June 7th, 2008 Sarah Palin interrupted her schedule of state business and spent Alaska state taxpayer money to fly down from Juneau to the Mat-Su Valley where she attended on June 8th two religious events dominated by the Wasilla Assembly of God, which is demonstrably Palin's key Alaska church.At the end of one those events, young adults in a church Palin had attended for over two decades were Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Iron
THE LESSONS OF TODAY (Head-Lines 7/17/09)
2009-07-17 22:36:00 Taliban threatens to kill captured GIA colossal, gloom stuffed breathing thingMoved over the land with a push from inadvertent liberty.They said they weren?t sure if it was from this worldAnd begged the hostage to find the nearest well hole andDrag it kicking and screaming down with him...Chaos besets 9/11 court hearingO, thank you, lords of turmoil,Thank you for this stunning day;How bone Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Today , Head , Lines , Lessons
PROPHECY OF DESPAIR (Head-Lines 7/13/09)
2009-07-15 22:35:00 (A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Blasts kill 2 Marines in AfghanistanAs we stand near the afternoon window and the sun dancesThrough the glass, someplace a marine gets lifted andChildren lose their mom or dad in the crowdWhile our hearts pound out misery?s song.Children die in harsh Peru winterThe snow unfastens a child?s fortress and a bluebird?sSong- their expression moves through the Inca Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Prophecy , Head , Lines , Despair
AN EYE FOR AN EYE OF SKEPTICISM
2009-07-09 22:33:00 (A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Historic Bible pages put onlineWill this tell us what we yearn to know;Ancient text translated into languagesUnknown to the earth?s mortal choir,Source of so much grief and slaughter?Biden: Israel free to set own course on IranFree will, sovereignty, liberty, independence-The words clang like a whore?s jangling thighs;?Free to look, but it takes cold, hard cash to Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Skepticism
THE LIMBAUGH PRINCIPLE
2009-07-02 22:30:00 Rush Limbaugh Compares Al Franken's Win to the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Vote Recount (A Poetic Justice Photomontage)O! From the foul wind blowing over AmericaComes this; a most colossal whore?s voiceScreeching another miserably worn-out minute!The irony of his deception belies an ignoble aimLeaving fools ready to lop off someone?s headAs the mythic shit-stain spews forth tired claims.He is no one?s Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com
SHAPED BY STARS (Head-Lines)
2009-06-29 22:29:00 (A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Quiet crackdown drains Iran dissidentsThey took off their shoes and plannedAnd their naked feet paced a new journeyWhich now stirs inside every room.Shoes cannot represent this moment,It?s feet and hands and the flame of a newborn star.Ready or Not, Iraq?s Military Prepares to Stand on Its OwnPrepare to make your way in the manner you see fitLike the depth and curve Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Stars , Head , Lines
WOUNDED SCAMP (Head-Line Poetry)
2009-06-26 10:27:00 Gay Exorcism VideoCome! Manifest thy vigorous and crippling glory,Spit thy upright venom atop my prone and uncleanSkin, rend it complete to partial bone and space,But above all, Lord, keep thy charlatans away.Michael Savage Threatens Media Matters StaffO Savage, steal your mask away, place your microphone down lowSo your sheep might not listen in??Take heed. They?ve already come for you,Seeking Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Poetry , Head , Line
THE HOWL OF CHANGE
2009-06-25 10:27:00 Support Health Care Reform that Addresses Needs of WomenShe basks in the slender bone of sun that has embraced her diseaseAs she lies upon the biddable afghan knitted by her only daughter.The birds of shadow have begun to fasten themselves `round her spirit;On this day the sun will commence setting much earlier than she imagined.Ask President Obama and his admin: Include the vision of a nuclear Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Change , Howl
FATHER AND TIME
2009-06-21 16:23:00 It is a wise father that knows his child. __William ShakespeareAll the clocks that surround us mark off moments as they dissolve;Steady drum of the second hand tick tocks like a time bomb,Vanished down beneath the rising rush Cast outside of reach of all that?s hereOr that frantic hands can seize or bear.Like time, we will travel forward as moments become lean and swift,Instances slipped within Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Time , Father
DRILL DOWN (Actionable Head=Lines)
2009-06-21 04:22:00 Call on Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute Bush-era torture, etcSeeing the old man who moved like a sloth across the parking lotStumbling a path waged in determination and loaded with angst,I began to see the future. A panorama of a rebellious reckoningWith a gnarly toothed reality of necks bent in disappointment.Our smugness, suffering tossed out like crumbs Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Head , Lines , Drill
TAKE ACTION (Head-Lines)
2009-06-19 16:20:00 Support a Cautious Response to the Iranian ElectionI am turning the lights out nowA heavy summer heat hovers over the ground.Before the morning sun lifts this crimson boilMany will have marched in solidarity on far off streetsWhile others watch with bewilderment, a mini shock and awe.Tell Congress to require legislation be posted on the Internet for 72 hours before debateThis rattling the cage Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Action , Head , Lines
MAY YOU... EVERMORE
2009-06-18 04:18:00 (A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Minuteman Leader Charged for Murder of Latino Father and his Nine Year Old DaughterO! The minute has come to address the rotten deeds of your foul-smelling, toothless fear!May you and your murderous brethren spend an eternity with only love in your heartsMemorizing every moment of the lives you ended and the hatred you encouraged.May your hearts be full of an Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com
WITHIN THEIR FILTH
2009-06-16 10:16:00 Eliminationist Gear at Café Press ? Scott Roeder is an American HeroThe pages are alive with lifeless gods and pale blossomsPainted with too much glee as if a child stroked the paperGrinning at his creation. Offerings of murky madnessThat scream unhinged slaughter more than glee or satirePosed as freedom?s rant; naive, normal, nontoxic furor;A bitter thought crawls up from infection to its Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com
ISRAEL'S (NETANYAHU) BOOKEND
2009-06-15 22:15:00 (A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Netanyahu accepts limited Palestinian stateIf you give up your guns and your rockets and turn your eyes away,You can live in what little space that is left for you to stand.If you accept this, your sentence, you?ll also acknowledge your fate?Crowds join Ahmadinejad victory rallyMajority rules on Election Day with its bright lights on.Save for the house arrest of the Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com
REVISITING A MANIACAL MELODY
2009-06-15 22:15:00 CIA chief believes Cheney almost wants U.S. attackedO! Love at first sight in bleak day.You?ve life?s gallant sun.The arid tempest swoons;Love. Hope. Joy. Doubt. Lust. Slaughter.Blood?s staining authority.The silver gorge croons to her,Breathing deep, conjuring worship;The grubby toothed grin of casualty.?My love, may I have this dance???Tis my honor most valiant knight!??Take my hand, my dear, Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Melody
THE CLEAN SKIN...
2009-06-14 04:12:00 More than some ashen membraneAre the clean skin.Tell me what they are?Oh! How beautiful are these alien creatures!They move with the windUnder cover of night and sun.Glowing and graceful they progressNearer my tenuous fear.Seen and unseen,Like I?ve just exited some dark room;Under the sun everyone?s a ghost.Phantoms, whose faces are washed away,And whose hands are sickly white,Blanched from Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Skin , Clean
WHAT IF...
2009-06-13 10:10:00 ...2009... Imagine life under these conditions: Living in limbo under a foreign occupier. Having no self-determination, no right of return, and no power over your daily life. Being in constant fear, economically strangled, and collectively punished.Having your free movement denied by enclosed population centers, closed borders, regular curfews, roadblocks, checkpoints, electric fences, and Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com
PLAY FROM YOUR HEART
2009-06-12 16:08:00 -Zoe Keating @ La Boule Noire Paris Oct 23, 2008/Amanda Palmer cabaret show.Play from your heartWhat's the point of anything if you don't?What?s to stop us from staying in the middle While hate?s tangled up in a half-baked peaceAnd love?s tapping out some half-hearted beat? Love?s not a liquid flowing between worlds-It?s now! It?s the curve of her neck as she turns to gaze at her children.It?s Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Heart
NOTHING BUT TALK (Head-Lines 6/11/09)
2009-06-12 04:07:00 (A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Gunman kills guard at U.S. Holocaust MuseumNo.I can?t imagine the foul deed set between this dog?s teethLeaning awkwardly against death?s unbending carry.There must be something- illusory power tethering murder?An unplumbed urge sitting in some bar with an open tab?Something that has nothing to do with killing a human being.There are other dogs howling his name, Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Talk , Head , Lines
WHO AM I AND WHERE ARE WE GOING?
2009-06-10 10:04:00 I was visiting an old friend, Graeme, on the net yesterday (Facebook) and he introduced me to the singer, Chocolate Genius and his song, "My Mom". I was very moved by the song and my muse began to scream, as she's in the habit of doing. Hours later, the next day, I was driving into town and listening to my Bright Eyes disc "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning" track #1- "At the Bottom of Everything" and Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com
REALISTIC STORIES (Head-Lines)
2009-06-09 22:03:00 (A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Mercy plea for held US reportersEuna Lee and Laura Ling were not alone in their frantic plea.The parent?s gasps were sentenced to twelve years of labor-A heaving wave smothering freedom?s beacon;China?s Guantanamo.Crews find more bodies from Air France crashWind, rain, lightening, sky, wish?Floating now. Moving us down,A weight atop such laden grief.Wind, rain, Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Stories , Head , Lines , Realistic
BROKEN
2009-06-08 22:02:00 (A Poetic Justice Photomontage) U.S. contractors held in Green Zone killingInformation is temporarily unavailable.Iraq suicide attack kills man, hurts police chiefWar concludes, piercing the proof of silence;Influence spent, the station of splendor set,Undressed in stillness; an ambush on our union.But let?s not paint the words; let us just say it-War, for the warrior, never ends.War, for the Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Broken
SOMETHING IS PLEADING (Head-Lines 6/7/09)
2009-06-08 22:02:00 (A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Obama remembers bravery of D-Day vetsThey moved down into the valley of the shadowAnd found death there. They marched into its jaws,Quaking at its countenance with an eagles fortitudeLeaving their breath for it to commit to memory.They battled onward so this day could breathe,Saved this world that we might salvage our spirits,That we might remember what it meant to Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Head , Lines
LONG AND BROKEN TEETH
2009-06-08 22:02:00 Name That Racist Tune With Daniel Carver-Caution: Disturbing racist slurs and language throughout video-Hat Tip to We are Respectable Negroes-?Now he knows what the ?n? word means.?She bellowed through discolored teeth,Her vinegar lips pursing upon the dank breath of morningAs foul old men slurred about guns and their prideful obligation,?To use `em when times call or when we damn well please!?? Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com More About: Teeth , Long , Broken
MAKESHIFT PYRE
2009-06-05 10:00:00 Daniel James Murray Charged With Making Threats Against Obama In UtahFederal prosecutors have charged a man with making threats against President Barack Obama after he allegedly told a bank employee in Utah he was on a mission to kill the president.Johnny Bounds at 11:00pm May 31 Facebook?THE LAST MAN NAMED HUSSEIN THAT MESSED WITH THIS COUNTRY WAS HUNG IN PUBLIC, I SAY WE KEEP THE STREAK Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... apoeticjustice dot blogspot dot com
VIOLET FOREST (Head-Lines 6/4/09)
2009-06-04 10:00:00 N.H. governor signs gay marriage billStrolling through the violet forestBonnets of green, sleeves of red and caps of brownShake their hips to the breeze.Born there, grow old there? die there.They?ve not much say in the affair.Born red. Born green. Born Brown. Living. Breathing. Crying. Laughing with the wind.New Air France debris found, explosion unlikelySteadfast in this expanse, uncoveredAnd Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... More About: Violet , Head , Forest , Lines
PAINTING THE FRONT PAGE (Head-Lines 6/3/09)
More articles from this author:2009-06-04 10:00:00 Obama pays call to King AbdullahIt is as it has been this closeness with kings.It is as it should be these gestures of goodwill.It is as it shall be the backside of reason.Truth be told, we need keep them closer.Bagram: Obama's new Guantanamo?New, fresh and haunted?The siren song wafts over BagramCalling for warfare without anguish.Someone needs it this way;New. Fresh. Idealized.Cheney Defended Please visit 'Poetic Justice' to read in full... More About: Painting , Page , Front , Head , Lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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