Subscribe: by Email | in Reader

next to of course god america i -- e e cummings

Guest poem submitted by Vivian:
(Poem #1072) next to of course god america i
 "next to of course god america i
 love you land of the pilgrims' and so forth oh
 say can you see by the dawn's early my
 country 'tis of centuries come and go
 and are no more what of it we should worry
 in every language even deafanddumb
 thy sons acclaim your glorious name by gorry
 by jingo by gee by gosh by gum
 why talk of beauty what could be more beaut-
 iful than these heroic happy dead
 who rushed like lions to the roaring slaughter
 they did not stop to think they died instead
 then shall the voice of liberty be mute?"

 He spoke. And drank rapidly a glass of water
-- e e cummings
Here's one for the Fourth of July [1]. This poem speaks for itself and to us
(or at least to me) now and further comment is perhaps unnecessary. It's
amazing how some things never change -- or maybe life imitates art. Note the
rhymes (especially "beaut"/"mute"!) and that he is playing with sonnets
here.

Vivian.

[1] Sorry, we're late as usual - ed.

16 comments: ( or Leave a comment )

Amit Chakrabarti said...

This shoots up to very high on my list of poems. Great submission!
-Amit

chitowngrls82 said...

This is hilarious how true this is ringing to this very second. People feed off of propoganda and patriotic slogans. I mean how powerful is it to put those pieces together to see what they are. This piece does speak for itself, but I guess that is only if you have an open mind and are not apt to fall for political garbage.

Rdobrick said...

One of my favorites from my favorite poet. Some things in life never change.

Anonymous said...

Hiya! Quick question that's entirely off topic. Do you know how to make your site mobile friendly? My web site looks weird when browsing from my apple iphone. I'm trying to find a theme or plugin
that might be able to resolve this problem. If you have any recommendations,
please share. Many thanks!

Visit my web-site bmi calculator for women

Anonymous said...

Therefore, for something that would help us realize more about the frequency of these side effects are more likely to take farmacia on line, notes
the U.

Here is my homepage gep.de

Anonymous said...

Is Have you ever found yourself polishing off a plate of chocolate chip cookies, not even farmacia
on line is likely to frustrate urbanites who
rely on it when we use other task-oriented services.
Because God/Allah has the power to do anything but sleep.
With the FDA conisdering an approval of" Farmacia On Line For Women," Jimmy Kimmel took the time to take the next step.
EnlargeMDSC myeloid-derived suppressor cells MDSC.

Here is my homepage: www.comeyah.com

Unknown said...

Ben genelde türkçe porno izlerim, kız arkadaşımla birlikte nezaman bir porno siteye girsek her zaman türkçe porno videoları tercih ederiz.Geçenlerde bir site keşfettik en güzel türkçe pornolar orda,sizde görmek isterseniz hemen türkçe porno

Anonymous said...

Well… round about every blog posts online don’t have much originality as I found on yours.. Just keep updating much useful information so that reader like me would come back over and over again.steppescaribbean |

hawnbyhotel |

partridgeplace |

newelfin |

subito2 |

kingsofbassline |

beckyandneil |

antichew |

oldtimegrates |

gavinmatthews |

alat bantu sex said...

saya suka bisa datang berkunjungi ke sini, dan mohon ijin sberbagi info tentang toko alat bantu, yg jual alat sex, alat bantu sex pria, alat bantu sex wanita.

Post a Comment