I have to say I’m excited to have two poems of mine appear on the Poets for Living Waters site, founded by Amy King and Heidi Lynn Staples as a venue for responses to the catastrophe in the Gulf. I consider the long poem I contributed to be in progress; surely I have to work in BP CEO Tony Hayward’s decampment to Britain for some R&R at the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race. Good to see he’s getting his life back.
Dear Awyn and Hannah–thanks for the kind words. We are all certainly in this together….
Thanks for your compelling words. I loved, "Against our own greed we side with the Gulf."
It wasn't just an indictment against the darkness that brought about the Gulf tragedy but a message to poets as well:<br /> <br />We write for the real; <br />we write against illusion.<br />We write–to make the possible possible. <br /><br />I will remember those words. The passion with which they and all the words preceding it were written is evident. Kudos for a powerful poem. And
He's a remarkable cat, that Hayward. (Wayward Hayward. I love it!) And I mean "cat" <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt617zYAbng" rel="nofollow">literally</a>.
Two searing poetic indictments against the barbaric mentality that made such a catastrophe possible. Powerful stuff, Joe–should be poured into Wayward Tony Hayward's whiskey glass.