Wow.

[treeskin]

Was reading short stories on Ursula Le Guin's website during lunch today. Happened across some newly-posted poems here

In particular, read the last one on that page, "The Savior: A Newspaper Photograph".

*sigh*

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[c3fyn.livejournal.com]

She is a goddess of the pen. Le Guin is one of the single most influential writers ever to impress upon my psyche. That poem is fantastic. I read through them all.

[treeskin.livejournal.com]

I printed off that set of poems, and re-read that last one at every stoplight on the way home last night. Somehow, I think By & I, were either of us in that situation, would be the man saving the books.

"The Savior" struck me as a strong picture of things that went wrong, or simply weren't considered by our government in this tragic business.

[c3fyn.livejournal.com]

I have to pipe in with a "me too!" I've had to keep myself relatively uninformed, as a matter of fact, just to keep from becoming horribly depressed about the wanton destruction and lack of planning, foresight, wisdom, or just plain inelligence in the whole affair. National Geographic was detailing some of the archaeological and cultural losses, and it just made me sick. They've actually barracked Marines in a museum, fer crissakes. But our government is run by thieves, liars, and murderers, despoilers of the earth, all.

[treeskin.livejournal.com]

You might go look at Poets Against The War (http://www.poetsagainstthewar.com).

There are more of Le Guin's work there. They've collect nearly 15000 poems written in protest of the Iraq debacle. Some good, some moderate, but many worth reading.

I found it made me more angry and depressed.

[c3fyn.livejournal.com]

Yar. Angry and depressed is pretty much where it leaves me. That's why I can only do limited doses of it at a time.