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protesting by verse from michael feil


Sunday, November 14, 2010  

News From the Helheim Glacier


as the temperatures continue to rise, so will the seas,

at seven inches the norm per century

for two centuries past, but also an alarm,

it continues to sound, but cannot be heard.

politicians all bickering this science is absurd

waste away the next century, the seas continue to rise.

those seven inches will exacerbate into feet

if climate control does not come early in the next hundred sessions

our unemployment will be solved, not by educating for change

but to provide dike builders and gondola drivers

upon our wasted shores.

posted by michael feil | 11:20 AM


Friday, March 19, 2010  

hoping for health care
passage, possibilities
most welcome respite

posted by michael feil | 10:51 AM


Saturday, October 31, 2009  

cold hard ground to firm
no place for fallen soldiers
stop all the wars now

posted by michael feil | 10:32 AM


Saturday, April 23, 2005  

Inspired by Headlines, CNN online

Attacks Kill Eleven Wound Thirty,
and The Two Koreas Meet At Jakarta Summit,
while Moussaoui: Bin Laden Ok'd Attack,
that Caused Travelers To Leave Their Lighters Behind,
as if smoking was going to help them
live longer now that a hijacker
connects disasters to one who still roams
and taunts the home of the land for the free and the brave.

posted by michael feil | 10:48 AM


Saturday, December 25, 2004  

trees of winter nude
sun glaring crystal's of ice
happy holidays

posted by michael feil | 1:38 PM


Saturday, June 05, 2004  

In rememberance of those who fought and continue the struggle.....

The Tao for Tiananmen

O' be not trodden upon so lightly,
Those marching boots may bring fear.
Freedom is not so easily won.
Your battle that was lost is only one.

O' Tiananmen your sorrow will remain
The soldiers that shot and brought the pain
Are but implements in a dictator's fight,
A struggle, continue freedom must win.

O' plight to begin, put down the past.
Inaugurate a new commerce, begin a new class.
Wrestle fascism you revolutionary peasant opponent
The bourgeois awaits those who condone it.

O' Black Sun wither and die
So young imperialists may brighten the sky.
New vitality whispers in the winds
A storm will brew as workers unite.

O' be mindful of bourgeoisie past,
Your campaign warrior must be mixed:
Your social traditions and family tree
Socialist covenants, landlords and tenants agree.

O' great adversary in the fight you see,
It is greed, corruption, waste the scourge of the free.
Let democracy rule and share the call
Bring as your harvest an honest freedom for all.

O' sleeping colossus waiting to be reborn
Shed your fear and flail the scorn
Come join the global village in commerce and freedom
Spread the Tao, spiritual peace, everlasting kingdom.

posted by michael feil | 10:34 AM


Wednesday, December 24, 2003  

the day before christmas and what comes to pass
a heightened alert from the homeland security czar.
will the airways be safe for santa to pass?
will his cargo be inspected for an al queda scar?

our last day of shopping soon to be done
readying for festivities soon to come
oh how we endure for the next morning sun
it is our way, our total sum.

may we all come together, people who are free
to fight on all fronts the terror they hide
not to forget our enemies that our leaders may be
let them not steal our rights with a bogus chide.

posted by michael feil | 9:10 AM
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