The Virtual Poet Laureate of North Carolina, Billy the blogging poet (Jones) , has started a new feature on his awesome site. The Wednesday Guest Blogger Series. To kick off his new venture, Billy invited me to submit a poem or other written item...which I, miraculously, completed and submitted...and can be found here.
Rather than simply posting the poem, Billy went the extra mile and added a brief bio and some commentary. (Great job, Billy!).
The poem is called "The War Song of G. Dubya Bushrock", and is a BushWorld version of TS Eliot's classic Prufrock. Hope ya like it! I have to thank my old friend, Rob Urban, for turning me on to this poem back in the '70s, and for awakening in me a renewed interest in the poetic word. In one of Rob's poems, "Possibilities", he wrote of a future time where he drove a taxi in Manhattan. And now, 20 years later, he is indeed in Manhattan. But he is doing way better than he envisioned. He was also one of those brave souls who ran toward the WTC as it was crumbling down. And while he was inundated with dust and the smoke of death, he thankfully survived, and helped inform the world of what was happening. One of the heroes of that sad day.
I first met Billy Jones while attending an outstanding blogger conference in Greensboro, North Carolina, hosted and presented by blogmeisters Billy, Ed Cone, David Hoggard and Matt Gross, and attended by such giants as Eric Muller of IsThatLegal?, Ruby Sinreich, and, of course, Anonymoses -- who is, as you may not know...9 feet tall...standing on a car, and composed of pure energy. Our particularly deipnosophistic banter over plates of Thai creations was memorable and hopefully repeatable. Greensboro is becoming a major center of blogging, and I only wish they would come and give Charlotte a kickstart.
So head on over to Billy the Blogging Poet, and introduce yourself. Ye poets and bloggers will find a brother and kindred spirit.
UPDATE!
Reviews roll in...
This is the most brilliant f**king thing I have ever seen.
Rob Urban, Journalist
That was truly an amazing work of genius.
- Kevin Hayden, The American Street
Fantastic! Great work. TS would be proud.
Billy (the blogging poet) Jones
The knowing, the not knowing, the wishing we didn't, the agony of the dilemma, the cajoling of the mind to stick with something, the apathy, the resignation, yet the still searching for hope...all this and more you capture in your poem, Dave...the plight of us as humans in these present times. And, since we are all so intricately connected to each other ~ each of us carry within us the trials and tribulations of all...whether we realize it or not. Thank you for creating such poetry that allows us to "Feel" such Truth.
- Patty Ann Smith, Hope4America
A brilliant poem.
Iddybud
T.S. would be proud...and probably flattered.
Tom Priest
