Doing a new original poem every day this month for NaPoWrimo and National Poetry Month -- this is was yesterday's. All are posting on my blog http://nofilterbook.blogspot.com
I wrote this poem at Local Sprouts tonight after seeing reproductions of the Department of Labor mural on the windows of the cafe.
Labor
11 panels
a commission
A symbol
of struggle
of workers
of injuries
of organizing
It's not anti-business
Its pro-people
Pro struggle
Pro change
pro remembering
Maine is a tough place
A cold place
Long winters, Short Falls
Short Springs, Short Summers
Tough economy
Tough people
Warm people
But not easy
But not mean, spiteful and petty
This is not Maine
Lets not be mean, pathetic, greedy
LePage -- he fills me with rage.
I wrote this poem at Local Sprouts tonight after seeing reproductions of the Department of Labor mural on the windows of the cafe.
Labor
11 panels
a commission
A symbol
of struggle
of workers
of injuries
of organizing
It's not anti-business
Its pro-people
Pro struggle
Pro change
pro remembering
Maine is a tough place
A cold place
Long winters, Short Falls
Short Springs, Short Summers
Tough economy
Tough people
Warm people
But not easy
But not mean, spiteful and petty
This is not Maine
Lets not be mean, pathetic, greedy
LePage -- he fills me with rage.