Political Poetry

Poets for Kerry published little word etudes that are, elliptically speaking, in favor of a 2008 John Kerry presidential bid. It's original if a bit weird. One recent example, about Kerry's jury duty:


A Turning

As leaves fell, Cynthia stood
One of millions in line
To choose the doom of a nation
Fear, not freedom, stood that day

Leaves fell again and Cynthia stood
One of a dozen in a row
To choose the doom of a man
Freedom, not fear, stood that day

One leaf does not make the season
Together they define a fall
One of millions found a reason
To break away in winter’s pall