Cara May
Thanks.
"Are you contemplating a poem on the four year-olds being marched to school
under police surveillance in Belfast?"
Nope
Mick

----- Original Message -----
From: "cara may" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: new sub - Nauru


Mick, I think poetry of this type can really live a
long time in the imagination.  There's one about
Tienaman(?) Square which frequently comes in to my
mind and sends cold shivers down my spine. Perhaps the
problem is that it reinforces the attitudes of those
already open and sensitive to the issues rather than
making any converts but there's always the young.
As for the writing of your poem.  I feel a little as
though I am being taken by the lapels and told things
and I feel a little irritated by the lower case for
'Pacific'.
As for the topic I think the captain and crew of the
Norwegian ship are the only ones to  emerge well.
 Are you contemplating a poem on the four year-olds
being marched to school under poliece surveillance in
Belfast?
I'm sure this one would be excellent if tightened up.
bw, Cara
 --- kmo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > If I thought
poetry changed anything I'd sent this
> to the Australian
> government - but it doesn't.
> Mick
>
> Nauru
>
> A tiny speck of land
> in the vast pacific ocean
> no industry
> no agriculture
> it could be paradise
> but it's not
>
> there used to be phosphates
> until the multinationals came
> and left
> taking the top four feet of everywhere
> with them
>
> leaving a bizarre landscape
> of rocks stripped naked
> like embarrassed outcasts
> on a prison island
>
> pacific rain storms
> washed away
> what soil was left
> and now the place is just a maze
> of twisting empty trenches
>
> inhabitants who haven't
> already left
> are queuing up to do so
> their villages
> and ages old island culture
> long destroyed
>
> a perfect place to send
> three hundred and fifty
> men women and children
> trying to escape
> persecution
> and intolerance

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