tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post1849303998439210163..comments2024-01-14T12:04:49.488-05:00Comments on Behind the Lines: Poetry, War, & Peacemaking: "Weaving a Web" from The Unpredictability of Light by Marguerite BouvardPhilip Metreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05449159681282927289noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-57760182822529311432009-06-18T13:00:05.130-04:002009-06-18T13:00:05.130-04:00I am fascinated by your idea of a “Globalist Poeti...I am fascinated by your idea of a “Globalist Poetic.” I write poetry in what I term an “Evolutionary Poetic.” The term comes from a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., quote: “Gandhi was inevitable. If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony.” It is this idea of the evolution of our humanity that informs my poetic. Here is an example sonnet:<br /><br /><br />Great Souls<br /><br /><br />Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King,<br />Mandela, Tutu, Mother Teresa, all<br />Of history’s Great Souls, their songs I sing.<br />Yes, there are more in this my heroes’ hall;<br />There are names of fame and names of those whose lives<br />Are less well known. For all, I praise in song.<br />Because of them, the evolution thrives!<br />Because of them, we are a mighty throng!<br />They’ve shown that each of us can be Great Souls<br />If each of us would raise our fellow man<br />And serve a cause of just and noble goals.<br />They’ve shown agape love the world can span.<br />I’ll celebrate their lives and sing their deeds<br />For more heroes like them our evolution needs.<br /><br />My poems celebrate humanity’s heroes (as opposed to national heroes). In that, I don’t think our two poetics are dissimilar. But I would like to know more of your thoughts.MJFrosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07231728293795617195noreply@blogger.com