Monday, April 12, 2010

Poem Starting with a Line From Norman Dubie: The Czar's Last Christmas Letter

Now that I am no longer Czar
I can take pleasure
knowing that ours
was the finest hour

Our horses ran the fastest
our armies were the bravest
our women moaned soprano
the world knew none like us

But now these striking peasants
cannot tell clams from caviar
they rape and burn like devils
and cause a wrath of hell

Wishing you and yours a Happy 1918,

Nick

~ J. D. Mackenzie

(inspired by NaPoWriMo Day #13 prompt Poem Starting with a Line From Norman Dubie)
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13 comments:

  1. Stan SkiApril 13, 2010 at 12:29 AM

    Vive la revolution... but take that wall down ASAP...
    At least they seemed to understand that it was, after all, just a process, with a beginning and an end.
    Happy 2553 - Songkhran, Thailand's new year (on the Buddhist calendar).

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  2. UnknownApril 13, 2010 at 2:12 AM

    I also read 'The Czar’s Last Christmas Letter'. Not quite so upbeat as yours!

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  3. RobinApril 13, 2010 at 3:24 AM

    You have some great lines in here..."love the women moaned soprano" and "cannot tell clams from caviar."

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  4. AnonymousApril 13, 2010 at 7:54 AM

    I also love the line about the women moaning soprano!

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  5. AnonymousApril 13, 2010 at 8:03 AM

    Love especially that second stanza.

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  6. robkistnerApril 13, 2010 at 10:29 AM

    This was super J.D. smart witty and tight writing,very good. …keep the NaPoWriMo 2010 energy flowin’…
    …rob
    Image & Verse

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  7. Richelle DodaroApril 13, 2010 at 12:45 PM

    Wow, great poem! I also love the line about women moaning soprano, clever!

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  8. flaubertApril 13, 2010 at 3:40 PM

    JDM,
    Excellent poem! I also like the line about women moaning soprano.
    Pamela

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  9. one more believerApril 13, 2010 at 5:00 PM

    the lightness of a revolution where only in retrospect can be of take over humor... poem...

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  10. Wayne PitchkoApril 13, 2010 at 5:14 PM

    Fidel likes it...and so do I...thanks for the words

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  11. Cathy McGuireApril 13, 2010 at 6:09 PM

    Great job! Love the images and the rhythm of it! Playful in a black-humor sort of way...
    Cathy McG

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  12. Erin DavisApril 13, 2010 at 9:14 PM

    This is so smart and clever. How dare those peasants!

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  13. cialisNovember 24, 2010 at 1:47 AM

    I, of course, a newcomer to this blog, but the author does not agree

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