Eerily & What's in a Name?

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Eerily

 

by Ian Reed

 

For sovereignty, security,

A countenance for cruelty,

In military mockery,

They war in perpetuity.

 

Impunity, immunity

Impugn the illegality

Of butchery and buggery

Inflicted internationally.

 

By Constitutionality

Immersed in impish irony,

American democracy

Is thuggery's theology.

 

They cruc'fy Christianity

In double-dealing devilry

While media's monotony

Is peddling in perjury.

 

 

Egregious in effrontery,

With craven coward coterie,

Bush carved this fascist cunt-ery.

So seek a safer sanctuary.

 

February 2006

 

http://www.reedandwrite.com/poems/Eerily.shtml

 

 

What's in a Name?

 

Americans profess to be increasingly appalled at the behavior of Mr.

Bush and his entourage. Yet in all their protestations, even the leading

lights of the anti-Bush movement completely miss the point.

 

A point best illustrated by using the metaphor of a tree. We know that a

good tree produces good fruit, and that a bad tree produces bad fruit.

And if the root is rotten, so are the branches.

 

Now, the bad fruit of falsehood and destruction coming from the Bush

administration is no more than the natural outgrowth of rottenness

rooted in two fraudulent national elections. Thus, the entire structure

of government, and the surreal fallacies propagated through media

tentacles, are grounded in this one lie.

 

Yet the lie is protected, and the rotten fiction cloaked, even by Mr.

Bush's detractors, in the falsifying language of naming him " President

Bush, " or " the President, " instead of what he really is, " White House

occupant, George W. Bush. "

 

This is not a question of mere semantics. A law of nature is at work

here. And until the naming issue is addressed, going to the heart of the

problem, the most Bush's opponents can hope to achieve is trimming the

branches!

 

February 2006

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Ian Reed's poetic tributes to Shakespeare, read by the likes of Judi

Dench and Kenneth Branagh, have featured in British documentaries,

plays, and radio broadcasts. Other offerings have appeared in

publications ranging from a program cover for New York's Lincoln Center

to newspapers and journals on both sides of the Atlantic.

 

His entire poetry collection, covering topics ranging from Milton to

music and from adultery to incest, comprises several hundred offerings,

including some lengthier pieces which might be described as miniature epics.

 

Ian Reed's career as a political poet began with George W. Bush's first

installation in the White House after Election 2000, since when his

'Polemics' collection has grown to almost 200 titles, with Christian and

antiwar themes featuring prominently.

 

A recent review concluded: " Reed's skill is shown by the great variety

of the poems. How many contemporary poets are disciplined enough to

write sonnets anymore?…Through all these forms, Reed interweaves

biblical allusions and quotations, close readings of current political

events, irony, passion, sorrow (for both the state of the nation and the

churches), biting sarcasm, lament, and great love. " (Review by 'Every

Church a Peace Church').

 

Along with careers as an actor, voiceover announcer, narrator (including

a reading for the National Library of Congress), Argentine Tango

performer, and Yoga teacher, Reed has worked extensively as a journalist

and a financial analytics writer (including Reuters, Standard & Poor's,

and Futures and Options World). He graduated from the University of

Southampton, U.K., in Economics and Politics.