Things shifted for them suddenly
From seeing their folks in the morn
To mourning their folks in the sea.
Mike Ruskovich lives in Grangeville, Idaho. He taught high school English for thirty-six years. He and his wife have four children.
James, thank you for these thoughts regarding the Battle Hymn of the Republic. I concur heartily with your refusal to…
Paul, I agree, and I’m glad that you enjoyed the poems. Thanks for letting me know.
Professor, your kind words are almost surreal for me to read. I am incredibly grateful for them. Thank you.
You and me both, Cheryl! Thank you so much for your very kind words.
Susan, thank you for these perceptive words, and I am glad that what I write has an effect. What you…
What a powerful message in such a tiny package!
Well done, Mike!
And such a skillful manipulation of words!
I do like this condensed whole food for thought. Brilliant.
PS Captain Smith came from my home town but he’d moved before I arrived.
Just not attracted to any verse on this subject. Seems a bit harsh.
B Stock, you may want to avoid ‘Tempest’, by Bob Dylan. Forty-five quatrains about the Titanic published in 2012, one hundred years after the tragedy.
Nice and compact; it’s kind of haiku/koan -ish.
Very good – and despite the tragedy – very funny; yet moving in an odd way. I like this a lot.
Cleverly concise and concisely clever. Very cool.
The poem is in the form and style of the Greek or Roman epigram: a short effusion of two to four lines on any subject, serious or comic.