Posted by
Boris Tiraspolsky on Sunday, October 28, 2007 2:25:31 AM
"Poetry - writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm." - Definition of poetry - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Poetry by Charles Gumery (1827–1871). Gilt bronze
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The Politics of Life
A poem by Jeff Newcomb, Member of
American Ideological Society
How on Earth has it come to this? Just days ago our lives were bliss.
We went to church, we were well schooled, and went to the moon when
Patriots ruled.
Freedom’s reign, liberty crowned, our Founding Fathers’ theories sound,
The goose that laid the golden egg, and on it's back stamped
"American Made."
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