Monday, April 27, 2009

Seeing red


   
   
from flickr.com/photos/34337264@N06



Angry whitemen seeing red.
        Seeding children, hatred fed.
"Kenyan, Go Home!" "Pinkos, Die!"
        Race-bait magic works its lie.
Posters plenty, bags of tea.
        Redneck solidarity.
Blaming others for their lack,
        Seething red and thinking 'black'.





for Read Write Poem: seeing red

Note: "[Russ] Carnahan" (top left) is Democratic US Representative from Missouri's 3rd Congressional District


6 comments:

  1. godessofnirvanaApril 28, 2009 at 4:59 AM

    very strong communication.
    nice.

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  2. DivinePoetessApril 28, 2009 at 10:14 AM

    I really enjoyed this. Every line packed a punch.

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  3. gautami tripathyApril 28, 2009 at 10:14 AM

    Works great as rhetoric!


    pot pourri

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  4. Erin DavisApril 28, 2009 at 4:21 PM

    It's funny--I used a different prompt but wrote about the same thing...

    Your poem is pointed and effective. I shouted Amen at the end!

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  5. PamApril 28, 2009 at 7:12 PM

    Your poem was very black and white in its metaphor. I love the passion that "red" brings into it. Scary photos.

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  6. Wayne PitchkoApril 28, 2009 at 7:25 PM

    I LIKE this lots...like erin I just about did something the same..then my dam mind went offfffffffffffffffffffffff in another direction

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