Sharon - I like it, the concept and the execution. Andrew
On 10 June 2011 15:43, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Sharon enjoyed this -this sentiment! And being current to the latest in
> 'raptures'-I wonder that the last line is a weak ending?? 'Go on' sort of
> (for me!) reminds of a rambling talk!! Maybe something stronger words like
> endure--best wishes Patrick old survivor
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of sharon brogan
> Sent: 10 June 2011 06:14
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: a late-night, extra, snap
>
> Each generation, it seems, believes
> it may be the last. Revivals, occultism,
> wars and revolutions, duck & cover
> under your school desk.
>
> Evidence accumulates. Volcanoes
> in Iceland. Floods in Montana. Tornadoes
> in Massachusetts. Nuclear meltdowns
> in Fukishima. The collapse of colonies
>
> of bees. We all end. On a narrow cot
> in Santa Fe. In a hospital bed in Minneapolis.
> On a beach in Thailand. The prophesied
> date of the End Times comes,
>
> and goes, many times, and comes
> again. Whether by Rapture, or plague,
> or war game catastrophe, it will come.
> But it will not be the end of the world.
>
> The world will not end, it will only
> change. It will go on without us.
> Whether it chooses to or not, whether
> or not it grieves, it will go on.
>
>
> --
> sharon brogan
> http://www.sbpoet.com
> http://www.sbpoet.net
> http://smallpoems.sbpoet.net
> 406.578.1788
>
--
Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
'Mother Waits for Father Late' republished available at
http://www.picaropress.com/
http://www.qlrs.com/poem.asp?id=766
http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html
|