not much of a critique refering to my commnent, not the poem
2009/10/20 David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
> I like it, not much of a critique, but still worth saying
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> 2009/10/20 Dominic Fox <[log in to unmask]>
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> YE ARE MANY hailed from overseas
>> by megaphone, the poet rising from his couch.
>> But were they ever, your people, leonine?
>> Diasporic on their home turf, even,
>> like ex-pats in training; swept out
>> from slum-clearance, unregenerate
>> mall denizens. Picture them biro’d in
>> with small defiance, misdirected pride
>> answering for squandered strength.
>> Say we have greatness in us; show it
>> where it is. That it is greatly
>> to be feared is shown elsewhere, in mirror-
>> visor, reinforced perspex riot-shield;
>> the sabre swung from horseback, cleaving the ruck.
>>
>> * * *
>>
>> Returning to the poem that made me want to write poetry: Shelley’s The
>> Masque of Anarchy. More to come, I hope.
>>
>> Dominic
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> David Bircumshaw
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David Bircumshaw
"A window./Big enough to hold screams/
You say are poems" - DMeltzer
Website and A Chide's Alphabet
http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
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