[Apolitical]

Well versed commentary!

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

Those nasty warmongers, George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld, must be quaking in their boots

"I've got a rhyming dictionary, and I'm not afraid to use it!"

[Congressman Billybob]

The efforts of the "Poets against the War" recalls for me a classic line from Arlo Guthrie in "Alice's Restaurant." Toward the end of his 25-minute masterpiece is the line,

"If you want to end war'n' things, you gotta sing loud /
So sing out the next time it comes around on the guitar."

"You can get anything thing you want /
At Alice's Restaurant (excepting Alice)..."

Congressman Billybob

Click for latest column, "Those in Peril on the Sea," also up on FR and UPI.

Latest book(let), "to Restore Trust in America."

[Siouxz]

Anit-war poets they suck.
I wish they'd get hit by a truck.
Each one's a big sissy.
Their fits are so hissy.
Their words are a big cluster f&#*.

[driftless]

roses are red
violets are blue
modern commie poetry stinks
and it doesn't rhyme either

[pollwatcher]

Well, you have Babs confusing pablum with the Bard. And Ani (nosed-ring, lesbo hero) DiFranco doing her little post-9/11 anti-W. ditties. These people live only in their fantasy worlds - which is safer for the rest of us in the real one.

[pawdoggie]

The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Dylan, et al were better anti-war poets than these clowns (which is to say that their rock and roll "poetry" at least had some innocent, naive charm). No wonder poetry has fallen into such low repute. Who would buy this drivel? These "poets" must have government grants, otherwise I can't see how they make a living.

[HungarianGypsy]

I read about this event on one of my email writing lists. Plus, a few other anti-war bits. My thought was, "I'm really in the wrong profession."
Does this mean I can start crying, "Discrimination because of my views!" whenever I get a rejection?

[skeeter]

Disheveled and reeking
shrill and profane
spittle-spattered poets protest
on the streets of your town
Lets urinate on their sandals.

[HungarianGypsy]

By the way, if I could I would love to go there. Here is what my contribution would be to this effort. Of course I would have to clean it up a bit. It's something I wrote in high school about the Persian Gulf War in response to the weenies who thought everyone should wear black arm bands, since "our troops will die over there anyway". It fits today, as well:
~To America, With Love~



By Leesa (magoch@qwest.net)



All is still in the night beyond.
I hold my breath,
Knowing the fighting is far from done.
Bleakness is all around,
As I shake from what I've seen.
They never really train you
For sights like these,
While in the Marines.
We learn how to fight,
And never to run,
But they never taught us to
Control this fear inside,
Which leaves us undone.
I know this will soon be over.
Our enemies cannot stand forever.
As to the peace loving activists,
Who demonstrate all the while.
To those who wear black ribbons,
Instead of the yellow ones,
So bright.
We hear of your efforts,
Through the grapevine.
But, if you please,
I would appreciate
A pretty yellow ribbon
To take the black one's place.
Just tell me you love me,
And pray this will end.
Your support,
And the memory of me
In your heart
Will keep me fighting all the way.
I am only 18, 19, 20, not even
Old enough to drink. Remember
I volunteered for this war
To help the nation.
I've gone into this fight,
Preparing to die.

We'll win this battle;
Win this war;
Even if it costs my life.
For freedom and remembrance
Means more to me
Than being a coward
Who refused to fight.
To all of you,
Who have your family around,
Bless you for what you have.
For my family is far from me.
For the love of my family,
My country, and the world.
Stay behind me.
I will forever fight,
Until the tyrant is gone.

[BJungNan]

I am a poet against the war,
I really, really protest,
all my friends say its the thing to do,
so I'll rhyme and give it my best.

They say he's a bloody dictator,
killed a bunch of Kurds,
but that's okay, cause Hollywood said,
W is such a nerd.

That's reason enough for me,
I mean, everyone said its so,
now if you will excuse me,
its time I have to go.

I have a government grant proposal to write.

[beckett]

We are the Folk Song Army.
Everyone of us cares.
We all hate poverty, war, and injustice,
Unlike the rest of you squares.

Tom Lehrer

[openotherend]

I think that I would like to see

These peots hanging from a tree

They have no skills to form a rhyme

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

by openotherend

[EllaMinnow]

Look at This!

http://www.poetsforthewar.org/