headline poetry

This blog began as an excursion to reintroduce myself to both “the news,“ which I abandoned nearly 2 years ago, and with creative writing, unvisited for over 10 years. The experiment returned me to writing, and convinced me to remain inattendant to the distractions of “the news”. Now my poems don’t refer to the reported doings of the world, but rather, to my own life’s headlines, the news worthy stuff in my direct, personal and unmediated world. See 9/11/06 for more.

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

it was not, nor without

Air strikes bloodless centers
Precise destruction

Full strikes build associations
Targeted repercussions,
Enough

Israel strikes civilian
Report questions
Full missile entry,
Complete

Women children
Strike the region
Their destruction now destroyed






Strike while the collateral damage is with you
Hitting casualties, enough

Read enough to avoid doing

Raise a bus with which to flee

# posted by kachen : 7:46 AM

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