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It's beneath contempt, and it goes against everything that you or I care about in poetry. But it may serve the occasion the way Hallmark Cards serve birthdays and weddings. I'd guess you know and like the poet. Otherwise this seems at odds with your usual taste. Mark At 01:40 PM 1/31/2001 -0700, BarbourDoug wrote: >ah comeon Mark, not that bad, & remember that it's meant for that huge >audience. But then, I know Page's work, & while she has written many better >poems, this fits. She is considered one of Canada's finer poets, & has been >since the 40s. Her best lyrics really do work. I would agree that this poem >feels more like the kind of poem a political rally like the UN thing would >want, but let's not get carried away in pissing on it... > >And to david, that was the title of Neruda's poem quoted as epigraph (which >I suspect you knew...). > >Douglas Barbour >Department of English >University of Alberta >Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5 >(h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521 >http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm > > You may allow me moments > not monuments, I being > content. It is little, > but it is little enough. > > John Newlove > >