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Day 59
“Do onto others twenty-five percent better than
you expect them to do onto you.”
--Linus Pauling Born February 28, 1901
The last gasp of February is in a dogtrot,
heard Dale Robertson died over on CNN;
somebody got busy picking out his grass-plot.
Pope Benedict XVI will today begin
life as pope emeritus, not soon forgot,
just plain priest Joe Ratzinger once again.
ATF thugs attacked Branch Davidians with buckshot
because devil-dog Koresh was hiding within;
slaying with fire--other solutions not sought.
Remembering our Nisqually Earthquake without chagrin,
thankful we eluded the lethal shaking slip-knot
that hit Iran, killing 3,000 that day therein.
Dupont in ’35 discovered nylon, creating a sexpot
society, making curvy calves so very hot.
Glenn Buttkus
February 28, 2013
Posted over on dVerse Poets FFA
This is a variation on the Sonnet, 4 tercets followed by a couplet.
Would you like to hear the author read this poem to you?
ha. what an interesting take on this...snippets of the news that all happened on this day at some point in history? wondering at the significance of day 59.....
ReplyDeletehaha...smiling at the dupont part...very cool collection of events here and cool quote to start with as well...pondering day 59..
ReplyDeleteAll newsworthy indeed, but the calves? :) not really surprised...
ReplyDeletevery, very cool - and an altogether different and unexpected take on this prompt - so fine
ReplyDeletehttp://leapinelephants.blogspot.ca/2013/02/beneath-mirrored-surface.html
For the curious, Feb 28th is the 59th day of 2013
ReplyDeleteHmm, Dale Robertson died? I hadn't heard that. RIP, Dale. I suppose every day has its memorable events!
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking today must the the 59th day of the year... Enjoyed the snippets of news past and present...yes, nylon changed the lives of women greatly didn't it.
ReplyDeleteWhoa, that blew me away! One can debate about form all day, but the Trireme Sonnet is itself a variation on the Terza Rima or Diaspora Sonnet, which is a closer basis for the structure in our poem. But your staccato treatment of the images in the poem, so unexpected and yet so modernistically appropriate - that elevates this poem to relevance.
ReplyDeleteHow great, a news summary in Sonnet form, and the nylon at the end. Cool ;-)
ReplyDeleteLike it, very clever and different. I wish all news was like this
ReplyDeleteOriginal and fascinating, an excellent poem.
ReplyDeleteGlenn, I really enjoyed this - especially the final couplet. Of course, I used to a research chemist, which would be why that grabbed me, wouldn't it?
ReplyDeleteThank you Glenn. I like it.
ReplyDeleteGeorge