An abstraction of events
There is a Court
in the collective
consciousness
of the workers-
and
History may yet prove
the youth
to be this regime's
Jailers
Comments
It's nice to be even-handed but difficult to be so between the fire brigade and the fire.
Isobel- much of the anger as displayed over the course of events was justified, not each and every action was 'simple theft'. One needs to make an effort to separate the many various strands of activity that occurred.
Steve, I was referring to the use of capitallized nouns for complex ideas, but can't remember the term, and haven't the time right now to dig it up. Although it's probably in Courtly stuff, or Romanticism. Later 'gator.
If what we saw out on the streets this week is our future regime, then God help us...
I disagree strongly about the use of initial caps in this poem, Cynthia. I think they weaken the poem - which isn't very strong anyway, becaue of its naive left-wing politics (sorry Tommy).
Dearie me, this blog section and its comments, are they about an exchange of honest opinions or do they merely constitute a bland social network which offers everyone "hugs". We have a responsibility as poets to be honest in our opinions.
And as a feminist and a men's liberationist, I feel that women are the worst offenders in these blog comments in offering facile "hugs" style comments.
Come girls, time to woman up!
<Deleted User> (6895)
Thu 11th Aug 2011 19:00
this regime?
have they got the balls to be one?
lucky for scumbags
that gaddaffy duck
aint head boy here!
noo not a quote Laura :o)
noo ray- not anticipating fame :o)
But if it's not a quotation, why the quotation marks? Are you anticipating fame?
'There is a Court
in the collective
consciousness
of the workers
I think the jury's out on that one.
Ah now, this reminds of the the dictatorship of the proletariat...
Or is it?! I've re-read this now several times...hmmm
Offski - will think more about this
Not a quote- I used it this way earlier-ta for the apostrophe.
Very apt and clever observation. Is it a quote? Only asking because of the speech marks. IMO, tuck an apostrophe into 'regime's'. I like the capital letters - an old poetic trick which never loses power.
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Cynthia Buell Thomas
Mon 15th Aug 2011 17:23
I am greatly concerned about those who were tipped out of their 'sensible heads' by the stimulus of 'mob mentality'- a once-off, terrible mistake, genuinely out-of-character. It happens.