<i>The modern age</i>ferricentDecember 9 2008, 14:00:08 UTC
I can't believe no one's said anything about this yet; this poem is great. The imagery---cigarettes and gasoline vs. blood and hemlock (?!!! awesome)---and the contempt you've brought out in your speaker's tone... that is some goodness.
Re: <i>The modern age</i>starstruck2December 9 2008, 15:25:54 UTC
ohh thank you so much! I'm so happy you liked it.
Well, I believe I was sitting in class, and just writing whatever came to mind and this popped out. My teacher mentioned guns and drugs or something, which spurred that line and then the rest of the poem sort of followed. I usually start writing without a solid idea in mind, and let the words kind of form something, anything. But lately a lot of my writing has been about this kind of loss of the classic culture and classical values. I guess I've been a little liberal humanism minded lately :)
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Can I ask what inspired you to write it?
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Well, I believe I was sitting in class, and just writing whatever came to mind and this popped out. My teacher mentioned guns and drugs or something, which spurred that line and then the rest of the poem sort of followed. I usually start writing without a solid idea in mind, and let the words kind of form something, anything. But lately a lot of my writing has been about this kind of loss of the classic culture and classical values. I guess I've been a little liberal humanism minded lately :)
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