Public-Address

[rayheinrich]

Public-Address
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Political poetry is even harder to write than love poetry. One reason, imho,  is that
it's so hard not to wax polemic. The other is that people think anything they disagree
with is badly written.  Good execution.

{Spoiler}  "Free verse seems to be the form for political poetry..."
I'd amend that to: ""Free verse seems to be the form for poetry..."

{P.S.} "... where issues like this are subject to politics instead of law"
Laws are politics. Good laws are politics you agree with, bad laws are politics you don't.

P.S. And maybe use: "I heard announcements, North Korean loud, " (note added comma)


P.P.S. I've found exercises like this to be very useful. BUT... the participants need to
feel that they've entered into them voluntarily. Since most student activities in high
school are performed under duress (good training for their future work environments),
these things usually turn into a "just say no to drugs" rally. Which, by the way, your
poem stated rather eloquently.