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January 11, 2009 at 08:59:30
Reviving the Embers of Guernica, a Poem by Mac McKinney Page 1 of 3 page(s) |
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Every now and then there are these iconic moments in the history of the planet that become monuments to man's inhumanity to man (and woman). One such has always been Guernica, the hapless Basque town that was bombed into rubble by the German Luftwaffe Condor Legion and Italian Fascist Aviazione Legionaria in 1936 in support of Franco's Nationalist war against Republican forces, and also, apparently, as collective punishment by the Germans for the death of one of their pilots nearby. It was the first city demolished from the air and set the precedent for bombing civilian populations. Picasso immortalized Guernica with his painting of the same name. There have been other iconic Guernicas since then, where whole cities are sacrificed to the dogs of war in collective punishment for rebelling against the powerful, such as, just recently in Iraq, the city of Fallujah. Now we have Gaza. I am not a painter, but I can spin a few lines of poetry, so below is a poem I wrote about this ongoing slaughter. Furthermore, the whole world is invited to express themselves about the outrage of Gaza through the arts. (Hit Printer Friendly to view poem in one piece.) *********
Part of Pablo Picasso's famous Guernica
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Reviving the Embers of Guernica
by Mac McKinney
The ashes of Guernica are stirring again.
The embers of ruins are glowing again,
whispering the name of Gaaazaaa.
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The ghostly Luftwaffe is flying again,
searing and blackening the skies overhead,
launching its terror on Gaza.
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Wonderful
Just one small point that must be remembered about Gernika is that it was practice for the Blitzkreig tactics of the 3rd Reich. There is a good museum there as well. by sliphoch (0 articles, 1 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 110 comments [2 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Jan 11, 2009 at 1:18:32 PM  (0+)
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Gaza/Guernica
"Will no one lay the laural wreath when silence drowns the screams?" --King Crimson Nice poem! ....it is interesting. I wrote the subject title here in a word doc before I found your poem here. Such thoughts are in the aether for those listening. by William Whitten (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 4880 comments [1686 recommended, 28 rejected]) on Sunday, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:21:30 PM (0+)
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Reviving the Embers of Guernica
Great impact with this piece. It gives you such an eerie feeling as you sense the horror of Guernica and feel the Luftwaffe morphed into the Israeli Air Force. by Bryan Emmel (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 415 comments [32 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:39:53 AM (0+)
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