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johnchmura.bsky.social • 1 day ago

#PoemsAbout #ItsASin
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johnchmura.bsky.social•1 day ago

#PoemsAbout #ItsASin
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thepaulconnolly.bsky.social•1 day ago

A quiet indignation pours out of the way you say ‘capricious fucks’ and the plangent ‘damned sin’, both unforced, no Hollywood scream, just restrained (and thus more potent) bitterness

johnchmura.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you, Paul, for noticing the effort it takes to maintain control and form.

carolynthomas.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh John, this is sensational - such a powerful indictment

johnchmura.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you, Carolyn!

carolynthomas.bsky.social•1 day ago

More than welcome, John

kakapowhakatoi.bsky.social•1 day ago

There is nothing else to say but 🙌

johnchmura.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you, Cindy…

carmellapoetry.bsky.social•1 day ago

The gentility within the first stanza juxtaposed with the violence in the next stanza gave me goosebumps...

johnchmura.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for feeling it, Carmella…

carmellapoetry.bsky.social•1 day ago

You are very welcome.

alanparry83.bsky.social•21 hours ago

‘he summons a sycophant’s stuffy nose’ is grotesque; vulgar, sharp, & hilarious in its contempt. Brazen & brilliantly biting. #KeepWriting #PoemsAbout #ItsASin

sueimnw.bsky.social•1 day ago

As if you were having a nice day and then the news came on and you rose into a rage.

johnchmura.bsky.social•1 day ago

True, it happens every day!

philippabowe.bsky.social•4 hours ago

No pulling the punches here - thank goodness! Every time that fuckwit is skewered by a piece of art in this way is a positive moment in resistance, bravo! 💪🏽

johnchmura.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Thank you, Philippa!

tracierenee.bsky.social•1 day ago

Perfectly parsed.

The contrast between the tone of first and second stanzas is particularly striking and effective.

johnchmura.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you, Tracie!

janpsolivagant.bsky.social•1 day ago

Righteously indignant satire made all the more pungent by the pairing of delicately, tenatively fashioned art (and diplomacy?) with crass stupidity/miscalculation, or just sheer vulgarity. Great work! 👏👏💫🪶

johnchmura.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you, Jan!

thepaulconnolly.bsky.social•1 day ago

Timely, suitably violent and grotesque in its language - and yet how inescapably the reference, used in a cleverly jarring way, to a ‘golden bowl’ suggests another kind of culture, another America. Excellent stuff John

johnchmura.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you, Paul. I am jarred by every news cycle, it seems.

davidbirch.bsky.social•1 day ago

I love "golden bowl or poopy pants"! It just encapsulates the total disregard the man has for anything inches beyond his feeble reach

johnchmura.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you, David! I hate him so much.

shadesofgreen.bsky.social•1 day ago

Great poem, John!

johnchmura.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you!

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