Frank E Gibbard Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Not the first born To be eyeless in Gaza nor due to Be remembered As Samson is now Even to this day A weak baby lies With baby eyes Permanently shut Put out by arms Still waging war In Biblical land Peace is a mirage Over desert sand Blind innocence Is crucified today By double crosses On new Calvaries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Frank, I read this after writing Lunacy, and I can see that the meme is in the air, that we all suffer for the fools and their blood lust. Many thanks, poignant and true. DC Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank E Gibbard Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 Cheers good Dr. Nothing else outrages quite as much the helplessness other than to protest against. I'm sure we are all so minded here. Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenlangur Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Hello Frank, A very difficult theme this raging madness in Gaza - centuries old enmity refueled by the frustration and radicalization of a people on the one hand and the other, a people still fighting 60 years after the horrors of the holocaust. The images you describe here are emotive and compelling, particularly the suffering and death of young children and yet there seems no end: Not the first born To be eyeless in Gaza Peace is indeed a 'mirage' Very eloquently expressed. goldenlangur Quote goldenlangur Even a single enemy is too many and a thousand friends too few - Bhutanese saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank E Gibbard Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 Thank you for relating to the time detested theme Golden. I like to think of walking here through a peace garden of poetry with friends. Thanks be to Aleks and Tony. FG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksandra Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Hello Frank. At first thank you for your nice words about our board. We try to make this place good for everyone. About your poem. Your expressions about the madness in this world, and about Gaza in the very moment are painful and well expressed. The essence of the subject is noticeable and the poem looks like eruption of angriness and sadness. Aleksandra Quote The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth - Jean Cocteau History of Macedonia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Reads like a modern chapter in an ancient disaccord, Frank. The desert metaphor is perfect: Peace is a mirage Over desert sand . This poem, along with your other recent ones, is quite compact and supercharged. Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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