Not been here as much as I'd like. I'm taking an MFA in Poetry which has me deep into my head, heart and stanzas most of the time. But this came to me in the night (like the crow that exclaimed to Poe, nevermore)and this morning I ran into a neighber who said what do you think of this Palin. I said, The issue isn't how bad Palin is but how good Obama is.
This is the theme of my poem.
Anaphora is reptition, specifically of the first words of a line for those of you who love precision. Elizabeth Bishop has a wonderful poem simply called Anaphora. You will see it starts slow and "surges". I hope.
So I will call mine Anaphora politica: Obama and I submit this humbly knowing its flaws but with all my heart.
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Anaphora politica: Obama to the people
You deserve to be respected, admired, encouraged and challenged
not worked up to hatred and fear.
You deserve to be known for the real things in your lives
not the angers the shills try to work up.
You deserve honor for your spirit, your loves and your concerns
not to have them exploited for gain.
You deserve change not lies
You deserve deserve solutions not attacks
You deserve truth,
You deserve facts
You deserve understanding.
You deserve a government that acts within limits so your rights
will be honored and your individuality
You deserve a government that hears and believes that your lives deserve to be saved, and your health and your sanity:
diplomatic solutions to conflicts,
a decent health care system that serves all, and
services for those who have put their bodies and souls in danger for their country and
services for those where history and government policies have put them in danger of their lives and their children's lives.
One who thinks, knows us, gets our lives, our fears, our delights,
our families and our safety:
One who knows that freedom is only preserved if government acts under the rule of law and under the constitution. that these are the mechanisms of liberty, not machine guns and tanks;
One who knows you won't be fooled by shrillness and pandering
These you deserve.
All this and more
Thus Obama!