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May 19, 2008 at 12:07:20

Peace

by Michael Bonanno     Page 1 of 1 page(s)

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Hums like a perfectly tuned engine.
Phenomenon, yet attainable.
Song of wind chimes
played by sweet summer breeze.

Waits for perplexed, penetrating perception,
human angst for direction.
Laudable goal we need to achieve.
After John, still deserving a chance.



Embraces sojourn, seeks to be settler.
Evaporates rubicund pools
with warm winds of love.
Defrays acrid smoke with melodious spice.

Breathes truth into slippery speech.
Lifts entrenched misery from tired bones.
Owns penchant for purpose.
Guides us towards paradise, here and now.

 

Song sample for August, 2008 What The President Say from the cd War And Other Love Songs.

Michael Bonanno is a published poet, essayist and musician who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Some of his poetry can be found at The Poetry Corner at OpEdNews.He is an associate editor for OpEdNews. 

Bonanno is a political progressive, not a Democratic Party apologist. He believes it's government's job to help the needy and that leaving the people's well being to the so called "private sector" is social suicide.His CDs may be purchased at CD Baby.

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I was a Visiting Lecturer in American Literature with a (Baghdad University/Texas University) Fulbright Exchange Program in 1966-67 and a Guest Lecturer for the American Authors Lecture Series for the United States Information Service in Iraq.
Carole Chaney Farrington and I co-authored and published "Baghdad Letters" in 2003, a collection of letters and journals we wrote in 1966-67 while in Iraq.
Jay FarringtonI was a Visiting Lecturer in American Literature with a (Baghdad University/Texas University) Fulbright Exchange Program in 1966-67 and a Guest Lecturer for the American Authors Lecture Series for the United States Information Service in Iraq.
Carole Chaney Farrington and I co-authored and published "Baghdad Letters" in 2003, a collection of letters and journals we wrote in 1966-67 while in Iraq.

time travel for poems

Your fine poem "Peace"  revives a memory of a poem I wrote around 1970 called "Denouement", which I hardly understood, but loved the sound of. I thought of it as a take-off on poets who used a lot of foreign language, esp. French, in their work. It turned out to be more than that.

My best buddy at the time was the first "geek" I ever met; he lived in the bowels of the University of Texas mainframe computer, which in that day and time took up a couple of floors in the basement.

Re my poem, my left-brained friend "got it" immediately and put a copy on his wall. The odd thing is that the poem now makes sense to me and seems more about now than then. Michael, dedicated to you, friend.

Denouement

Stifling days stacked back to back

decree the swampy subterfuge

A headless Ankh, a rotting shack

et apres moi le deluge

 

Redundant lives of mossy green

sliding under mindless woe

E Pluribus Unum-- Flesh Machine

Witless slaves of status quo.

 

by Jay Farrington (13 articles, 2 quicklinks, 8 diaries, 135 comments) on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 2:39:23 PM
 

Song sample for August, 2008 What The President Say from the cd War And Other Love Songs. Michael Bonanno is a published poet, essayist and musician who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Some of his poetry can be found at The Poetry Corner at OpEdNews.He is an associate editor for OpEdNews.  Bonanno is a political progressive, not a Democratic Party apologist. He believes it's government's job to help the needy and that leaving the people's well being to the so called "private sector" is soc...

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Michael BonannoSong sample for August, 2008 What The President Say from the cd War And Other Love Songs. Michael Bonanno is a published poet, essayist and musician who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Some of his poetry can be found at The Poetry Corner at OpEdNews.He is an associate editor for OpEdNews.  Bonanno is a political progressive, not a Democratic Party apologist. He believes it's government's job to help the needy and that leaving the people's well being to the so called "private sector" is soc...

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Oh

it’s pretty obvious to me, Jay, and extremely well written. 

I don’t use a lot of non English in my poetry. 

I wrote a poem during the Elián González episode entitled El Niño Pequeño.  It was split between English and Spanish right down the middle. 

I admit that there is some what I like to call abstract poetry I’ve written which some may think is written in a language other than English. 

Again, Jay, thanks for sharing your poetry.  It’s really excellent.

by Michael Bonanno (67 articles, 16 quicklinks, 23 diaries, 120 comments) on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 3:57:11 PM
 

I was a Visiting Lecturer in American Literature with a (Baghdad University/Texas University) Fulbright Exchange Program in 1966-67 and a Guest Lecturer for the American Authors Lecture Series for the United States Information Service in Iraq.
Carole Chaney Farrington and I co-authored and published "Baghdad Letters" in 2003, a collection of letters and journals we wrote in 1966-67 while in Iraq.
Jay FarringtonI was a Visiting Lecturer in American Literature with a (Baghdad University/Texas University) Fulbright Exchange Program in 1966-67 and a Guest Lecturer for the American Authors Lecture Series for the United States Information Service in Iraq.
Carole Chaney Farrington and I co-authored and published "Baghdad Letters" in 2003, a collection of letters and journals we wrote in 1966-67 while in Iraq.

I'll see your abstract poetry...

and raise you another oldie of mine that is in English, but sounds Chinese. On the occasion of my departure from the Technocracy as a writing consultant the day after my birthday in '72. Here it is:

Sun Now Dawn

Song now sung

Evening long now gone

New song dawn.

 

Sorry about the poker analogy, but I have to play the cards I'm dealt by the Muse.

jf

    

by Jay Farrington (13 articles, 2 quicklinks, 8 diaries, 135 comments) on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 10:25:47 AM
 

I have worked as Union Electrician in a good part of this land. And the Union Brothers taught me well about how things should work
Michael DeweyI have worked as Union Electrician in a good part of this land. And the Union Brothers taught me well about how things should work

Great

 We need all the words we can get.  Yet why haven't we heard on the TV that the word is mightier thatn the sword?

by Michael Dewey (3 articles, 1 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 164 comments) on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 1:50:23 PM
 

Song sample for August, 2008 What The President Say from the cd War And Other Love Songs. Michael Bonanno is a published poet, essayist and musician who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Some of his poetry can be found at The Poetry Corner at OpEdNews.He is an associate editor for OpEdNews.  Bonanno is a political progressive, not a Democratic Party apologist. He believes it's government's job to help the needy and that leaving the people's well being to the so called "private sector" is soc...

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Michael BonannoSong sample for August, 2008 What The President Say from the cd War And Other Love Songs. Michael Bonanno is a published poet, essayist and musician who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Some of his poetry can be found at The Poetry Corner at OpEdNews.He is an associate editor for OpEdNews.  Bonanno is a political progressive, not a Democratic Party apologist. He believes it's government's job to help the needy and that leaving the people's well being to the so called "private sector" is soc...

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Wel...

I guess I'm going to go out on a limb here.  Is it because the people who own TV make billions from the production of swords?  I don't know, just a guess.

Michael Bonanno

by Michael Bonanno (67 articles, 16 quicklinks, 23 diaries, 120 comments) on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 6:20:12 PM
 

I have worked as Union Electrician in a good part of this land. And the Union Brothers taught me well about how things should work
Michael DeweyI have worked as Union Electrician in a good part of this land. And the Union Brothers taught me well about how things should work

Ya But

They could make just as many billions by building electric cars we could plug into our solar powered roofs.  Then we would all have a better life too.  Even them.

by Michael Dewey (3 articles, 1 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 164 comments) on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 10:22:32 PM
 

 

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