January 5th, 2006 by Critical Times
In quartz contentment of the stone
That from the people’s pearl did grow,
Slow brewed the loss of all we own
And buried deep the world we know.
Such suns that rise as shapes slip by
Where gold time gluts the sea and stars,
Where Death has dark dominion
Over citadel and bars.
Where music of the finer kind
Is frozen from our mortal clay;
Lest poignancy cure the prison mind
And save it from decay.
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January 5th, 2006 by Critical Times
This poem is composed entirely of
actual quotes from George W. Bush.
The quotes have been arranged for
aesthetic purposes by Washington
Post writer Richard Thompson.
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February 2nd, 2003 by Critical Times
Geoff Goodfellow of Semaphore, South
Australia, is one of perhaps a handful of
people in Australia who derive an income
from working as a poet.
And it’s often bare subsistance money
– perhaps due to the content.
Among other things he writes about work
and workers.
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