July 5, 2004
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He himself said, "he knew, he planned, he owned, he produced...", resting on his word's authority alone: they acted, they invaded, they tortured and they murdered. He stood behind the racism of centuries {the apocraphyla} while claiming to embrace and to understand the common ancestral unity of his enemy's religion. He himself boasted that hostilities had ended, the enemy vanquished, but still held their citizens as enemy combatants: their MIAs, or those they simply label: disappeared. "In Terrorem Populi," he himself cried in outrage each time a suicide bomber struck, or the insurgent sent his .50 caliber message of resistance. By his own words became that which he most hated, that, by his own words, he wished destroyed: eliminated entirely. · · · · · ·
Poetry on Swans Gerard Donnelly Smith, a poet and musician, teaches creative writing, literature and composition at Clark College in Vancouver WA. CERRO de la ESTRELLA (Logan Elm Press, 1992) was chosen for The Governor's Award for the Arts in Ohio, 1992. Excerpts from THE AMERICAN CORPSE (10 poems) were published in Apex of the M in 1995. He is the current director of the Columbia Writers Series, an Honorary Board Member of The Mountain Writers Series, and co-advisor of the Native American Student Council at Clark College. He has also organized readings for Poets Against the War. Do you wish to share your opinion? We invite your comments. E-mail the Editor. Please include your full name, address and phone number. If we publish your opinion we will only include your name, city, state, and country. Please, feel free to insert a link to this work on your Web site or to disseminate its URL on your favorite lists, quoting the first paragraph or providing a summary. However, please DO NOT steal, scavenge or repost this work on the Web without the expressed written authorization of Swans. This material is copyrighted, © Gerard Donnelly Smith 2004. All rights reserved. |
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