tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post4077844900716996860..comments2024-01-14T12:04:49.488-05:00Comments on Behind the Lines: Poetry, War, & Peacemaking: On Caryl Churchill's "Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza"/An Insta-PlayPhilip Metreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05449159681282927289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-69179243600763838162009-03-04T10:45:00.000-05:002009-03-04T10:45:00.000-05:00ART'S TRIUMPHLord, as I crumple in defeatUpon the ...ART'S TRIUMPH<BR/><BR/>Lord, as I crumple in defeat<BR/>Upon the waning battlefield,<BR/>Amongst such wastrel souls to meet<BR/>Demise without a fruitful yield--<BR/><BR/>Yet here and there, so I observe<BR/>Moments of triumph, few and fleeting<BR/>As there are some who hold their nerve<BR/>Despite the odds which us are beating.<BR/><BR/>So it was in Jerusalem<BR/>Haruki Murakami came,<BR/>To meet civilians, and to them<BR/>Art´s fictions true so to proclaim.<BR/><BR/>Thus Caryl Churchill too released<BR/>In honest words without a fee<BR/>Her breath of truth, and so appeased<BR/>The angels of humanity.<BR/><BR/>Before my little light expires,<BR/>Yet in defeat, I witness this:<BR/>There are some acts my soul admires<BR/>As I slide closer toward abyss.<BR/><BR/>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-18861576172881522072009-02-03T10:14:00.000-05:002009-02-03T10:14:00.000-05:00Congratulations Caryl Churchill. Where can we get...Congratulations Caryl Churchill. Where can we get a copy of the text.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01399501451764153732noreply@blogger.com