Friday January 23rd, 2009

The exercise:

Beth over at the One Minute Writer was kind enough to pick out my contribution from last Sunday as her One-Minute Writing of the Day. Thanks Beth, I shall wear my shiny new button with pride.

It's that time of the week again - Def Poetry Jam Friday would like to share with you Jason Carney's Our Soldiers.

Mine:

With the official swearing in of Obama as president, there is renewed hope that the soldiers of the world will be able to return home to their families. Jason Carney provides a few reminders as to why that is a good thing.

There are some truly beautiful turns of phrases here. "Like coffins could ever be proud" is by far my favorite, but the repeated description of soldier burials is an amazing collection of images.

The links to where all that war money could (okay, should) be spent instead of on death and destruction were well placed and well chosen. The idea of a school not being able to afford books because they had to buy a metal detector is just... sigh.

Alright, another Jason Carney performance for you right here and I'll be back tomorrow.