Monday, October 27, 2008

Picture Post







"BLURRY VISION"










NEVER KNEW A GASEOUS MURDER
COULD BRING ME TO SUCH PAIN,
WITHOUT PROTECTION OF MY EYES
I MAY NOT SEE AGAIN.
IT'LL RUIN YOUR INSIDES,
YOUR EYES, AND YOUR LUNGS
NO MATTER WHERE YOU HIDE,
FIND NO ESCAPE FROM IT
THE PAIN'S SO BAD YOU'D WISH YOU'D DIE.











"THE DARK PEARL"






SUCH A BEAUTIFUL VIEW WAS HARSHLY
RUINED BY A BOMB,
SOON AFTER THERE WAS NOTHING TO SEE CUS
OF THE BLACK SMOKE AND THICK FOG.
NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT
TO SCREAM AS WE ALL RAN,
ASKING OURSELVES "WHY COULDN'T THEY
JUST STAY IN JAPAN?"
MINDING THEIR BUSINESS JUST AS WE WERE,
NOW BECAUSE OF THEM OUR PEARL
HARBOR LOOKS LIKE A DARK PEARL.














































1 comment:

carrie said...

These are great! The titles are especially good, and the details contained in the poems shows understanding of the events surrounding the pictures. Each poem is supposed to be 4 stanzas long, but because they are so good, I won't count off :)
70/70 points