My video poem This tiny fortune has been accepted by Otoliths, an Australian based online magazine. It is live now in Issue 29. There is a variety of material for your perusal. It's quite comprehensive.
Here is a poem I wrote in March of 2012.
Let me believe
When they offer
you a glimpse into fantasy
It’s a very
alluring proposition
One which you
are eager to pursue
As we want to
believe
Because belief is
tantalizing
Belief is
security
Belief is the
possibility of dreams made tangible.
Yet conviction is
security
And we can
hardly fathom
That we could be
deceived…
That an
individual
Would go to so
much effort
To present an
illusion.
And yet some
people
Are not us
And we are hurt
Like children
And dismayed
In the knowledge
That greed can
be manifested
So strongly
And wholly
More than
dreams.
So don’t ask us
to sing the national anthem
When some don’t
rejoice at all.
As we are not
unified
Only when we
find a common enemy
And even then
Temporarily.
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Next post
More news of my soon to be published poetry collection Caged Without Walls.
Until then,
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Congratulations on your video poem, Anthony.
ReplyDeleteAnd this one leaves me nodding; it's so true, and eloquent as always.
xoRobyn
Love this & congratulations!
ReplyDeleteI liked the imagines in your video - haven't I seen those caterpillars before? Not that wordy. A featureless cloud and the words poetry unfinished - like that. Like the written poem. The common enemy at the moment is middle class versus the poor, so we hopefully forget about the greedy rich bastards who want us to stand around singing the National Anthem.
ReplyDeleteFantastic Tony and so perfectly put. The last paragraph was hard hitting and very true, as a nation and as a planet, we unite over terror, sadness and horror. It's not a good way to live but as our global thinking continues in this way , which it will, as to create power through fear, the fighting, greed and misfortune will be repeated over and over.
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