Amazing..."perhaps these are not poetic times at all"...poem

[JanMichael]

"For Saundra" by Nikki Giovanni

i wanted to write
a poem
that rhymes
but revolution doesn't lend
itself to be-bopping

then my neighbor
who thinks i hate
asked -do you ever write
tree poems - i like trees
so i thought
ill write a beautiful green tree poem
peeked from my window
to check the image
noticed the school yard was covered
with asphalt
no green -no trees grow
in manhattan

then, well, i thought the sky
ill do a big blue sky poem
but all the clouds have winged
low since no-Dick was elected

so i thought again
and it occured to me
maybe i shouldn't write
at all
but clean my gun
and check my kerosene supply

perhaps these are not poetic
times
at all

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. a gazillion pop ups opened when I clicked on that!

FYI :

[JanMichael]

2. Really? I use Mozilla, no pop-ups.

I'll try to find another link though for the pop-up people:-)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. that's great

hehe I'm pop up people :D

[JanMichael]

5. Too many jokes can be derived from that.

Too many.

[tigereye]

4. I love Nikki Giovanni's poetry - Thanks