Aristophanes 'The Birds'
Painting by Linda Sutton
Dueling Poets of Aristophanes
only a chorus
of frogs in
Hades could hold
the attention
of Athens
only a war
in Iraq could
divert attention away
while coffers
are emptied
only a dead
poet could hold
his tongue as
peace walks
off stage
Randolph Nesbitt
Posted over on Poets Against The War
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