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(for allen ginsberg)
not past blue automo- biles in driveways, not anywhere towards a home nevermore to a silent cottage? Nevermore any graybeard, lonely old courage-teacher? America Do you see a boat disappears on the black waters of Lethe? America Do you know who you are? America Do you hear the voices of your sons and daughters Awake at night anxious by day thinking of Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg and dead poets prophets from Israel and Spain and Palestine ? Oh America Do you know you now follow Ahab's curse Ahab's obsession Vis- Ion we- alth Miss- ion Death America Do you really have to follow the Black gold's trail? America When will your boys learn the truth One complete hour of lovemaking Is all you need And NO WAR. · · · · · ·
Iraq on Swans Poetry on Swans Kahnupad Haider is the nom de plume Haider A. Khan uses when he writes poetry. Kahnupad is the name of the earliest buddhist poet c. 8th-9th century in Bengal. Khan is an award-winning poet, translator and literary critic. He has written on Octavio Paz, James Joyce and the Japanese Haiku master Basho, among others. He is a professor at the graduate school of international studies, University of Denver, and a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo. 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 poem on your Web site or to disseminate its URL on your favorite lists, quoting a few paragraphs or providing a summary. However, please DO NOT steal, scavenge or repost this work without the expressed written authorization of Swans. This material is copyrighted, © Haider A. Khan 2003. All rights reserved. |
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