Lady Liberty's Obituary (A Rondeau)

An old poem brought out of the warehouse...

Sometimes she dies, sweet liberty...

Money, not truth shall set you free.

Freedom's frail as a flightless bird,

Where cries for help are seldom heard

By those with more power than we.

 

'Neath poverty's glare, her blood spilt,

Innocence cries, clutches the hilt--

On the Bureaucrats' blade dies she,

Sweet liberty...

 

A nation built by sturdy hands

Cannot be maintained with grandstands,

Arrogance on the senate floor!

The health of freedom requires more.

You've buried her 'neath foreign sands

Sweet liberty...

Reviews

[Devons]

Another powerful poem and an indictment on materialism and cold capitalism. 'Sweet Liberty', the very words that such men of material wealth and position would use for themselves to describe the 'democratic' world that pays them back so readily.
The 2nd verse is oustanding in this sense. The imagery conjuring up War and Famine and other members of The Apocalypse. And again, so much power in so few lines.

[aftervision]

i understand -- that is more than enough -- you have a direct style - a welcomed sight to these eyes and heart

[just rose.]

I do like the political theme you're treating here and I like it especially in this form. There's a kind of grandeur to the traditional diction that seems to belie the sorts of ironies you expose in showing the opposites of the better angels of our natures. I like the personification of the virtues and the important messages of tolerance and integrity.

[Crowley]

Nicely put. sometimes I get so pissed, then I figure for what, lead the quiet revolution I guess. Here in Arizona right now everything seems a little disjointed because of the immigration bill. Dios mio. Good write girly.

[An owl on the moon]

What a cry that I hope can be heard around the world. Though every line is vivid and rich, the first two lines overwhelmed me. What are we doing to the world?

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

ZTo be called the land of the free anymore is ridiculous in so many ways... not only do we seem to pay for everything but slowly our freedoms are being taken away in subtle laws. A truly patriotic rant.