0
   

Bush's Chicken Hawks: Terra Incognito

 
 
Reply Sun 23 Feb, 2003 07:27 pm
BUSH'S CHICKEN HAWKS: Terra Incognito
By BumbleBeeBoogie

Is there more Gothic ignorance
than that of dilettantes,
educated beyond their intelligence,
wise in their own conceit,
shallow, impudent Philistines
in their dominion of absurdity?
Declasse!

Blind with naked ignorance
deliberately perpetuated,
ignobles don't know beans
when the bag is open,
or know chalk from cheese.
Illiterate blanc-bees,
still steeped in the lore
and prejudice of the Dark Ages
to better serve their avaricious masters.
When
will the second Reformation arrive?
  • Topic Stats
  • Top Replies
  • Link to this Topic
Type: Discussion • Score: 0 • Views: 1,222 • Replies: 6
No top replies

 
BumbleBeeBoogie
 
  1  
Reply Thu 16 Mar, 2006 10:47 am
BBB
More clearly demonstrated every day.
0 Replies
 
Endymion
 
  1  
Reply Mon 20 Mar, 2006 08:00 pm
Hello BBB

Although I tend to be drawn more to 'working class' (for want of a better word) poetry, I felt a real strength in this poem of yours. I didn't understand it completely, being a Brit an' all - but I got the message!

There's a sense of darkness that I like about it.

Endy
0 Replies
 
BumbleBeeBoogie
 
  1  
Reply Mon 20 Mar, 2006 11:07 pm
endymion
ENDYMION wrote:
Hello BBB

Although I tend to be drawn more to 'working class' (for want of a better word) poetry, I felt a real strength in this poem of yours. I didn't understand it completely, being a Brit an' all - but I got the message!

There's a sense of darkness that I like about it.

Endy


Why do you sense darkness in my poem?

BBB
0 Replies
 
Endymion
 
  1  
Reply Tue 21 Mar, 2006 06:16 am
I suppose that it says something about me and I'm not really sure how to break it down - it was what it conjured in my head. Anyway, I'll try:


Gothic/ Dark Ages > these words alone

-------------------------------------------------
educated beyond their intelligence,
wise in their own conceit,
shallow, impudent Philistines

Blind with naked ignorance
deliberately perpetuated,
ignobles

avaricious masters

>I've read a lot of WWI poetry and was reminded of Sassoon"s descriptions of the gentry at that time.
(A very dark time - the Dark Ages to those men)
----------------------------------------------------

Gothic ignorance

steeped in the lore

second Reformation

> historical - traditional - and Reformation makes me think of The Church
These would not neccesserily be 'dark' evoking words to some people, but together, they conjure up images of euopean Cathedrals - things written in stone - conservatism (to me).
___________________________________

Reformation > politics (dark right now)

---------------------------------------------

Hope I've explained myself okay - sometimes it hard to know exactly why you feel a sense of something. But that 'sense' is in me - not sensed in you. With the help of a psycoanalysist I could probably find a lot more to say!

Hope that's what you wanted

Peace, Endy
0 Replies
 
BumbleBeeBoogie
 
  1  
Reply Tue 21 Mar, 2006 10:17 am
Endy
Endy, thanks for your insightful response, which gives me a different perspective of my poem.

What I had in mind when I wrote it was to described Bush as I see him:

A rich kid dilettante son of a rich and famous father who protected and opened doors for him all of his life. He has always relied on his "good old boy" charm to hide his deficiencies. Despite all of this, he has personally failed at everything he has tried to do all of his life. Even his presidency had to be handed to him by the Supreme Court. Bush is a "dry drunk" with all of the personality and thinking processes associated with being a dry drunk.

"educated beyond their intelligence, wise in their own conceit, shallow, impudent Philistines Blind with naked ignorance deliberately perpetuated,
ignobles"


Bush received a MBA degree. All he understands is business corporation bean counting. He is not an educated man in the classical sense. His education is shallow and indicates tunnel vision in his interests.

Bush is the least properly prepared, least articulate, most incompetent but dangerous president to be inflicted on America.

I guess my poem does express darkness. Not of the past, but of Bush.

BBB
0 Replies
 
BumbleBeeBoogie
 
  1  
Reply Tue 21 Mar, 2006 10:51 am
A different view of my poem
A different view of my poem

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1934636#1934636

BBB
0 Replies
 
 

Related Topics

What inspired you to write...discuss - Discussion by lostnsearching
It floated there..... - Discussion by Letty
Small Voices - Discussion by Endymion
Rockets Red Glare - Discussion by edgarblythe
Short Story: Wilkerson's Tank - Discussion by edgarblythe
The Virtual Storytellers Campfire - Discussion by cavfancier
1st Annual Able2Know Halloween Story Contest - Discussion by realjohnboy
Literary Agents (a resource for writers) - Discussion by Craven de Kere
 
  1. Forums
  2. » Bush's Chicken Hawks: Terra Incognito
Copyright © 2024 MadLab, LLC :: Terms of Service :: Privacy Policy :: Page generated in 0.05 seconds on 11/06/2024 at 11:43:17