politicians’ word for the masses, the large dispensable numbers
they’re burdened with but who come in handy at election time
and in time of war
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politicians’ word for the masses, the large dispensable numbers
they’re burdened with but who come in handy at election time
and in time of war
johnpoetflanagan 
Hello John, Here’s the further reply I promised:
Your Words Reach Me
Your poems arrive, and I read
To discover which John appears.
Is it John the builder,
Who adds pitch perfect
Cadence to inexhaustible words,
Plucking bright shards
From fast flowing consciousness,
Creating aural walls
Atop we sit and savor
New vistas, legs dangling?
Or is it John the unveiler
Taking a deep breath,
Diving into the roiling maelstrom
Of unforgiving stark remembrance,
Staying down long enough
To retrieve a scroll of record
To hold before us
Until we succumb to truth?
Mired in the middle ground
Of detachment and observation,
I admire immersion in immediacy
And how it diminishes the distance
Between you and what you write.
Precisely because I can’t do that
I use you vicariously
To do that for me. Charlie Neff2/9/14
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 13:31:59 +0000 To: chazneff@msn.com
Thank You, Charles,
for this splendidly-written tribute, i am deeply honoured
and truly touched
john
You have earned every accolade Charles alludes to in his comments John. For this reader your writing style is the perfect dress for a debutante the maestro’s interpretation of a Vivaldi concerto. And so it is with those gifted tools you interpret for me the joys of day to day experiences, the mysteries of historical events and your philosophical perspectives. A rich tapestry of life flowing from within your pen.
When I was a university student we used to write some bold anti-soviet poetry (Moscow, the 70s…). Being biologists we were not shy with words, and we often called the obedient and brain-washed masses The masses of faeces.
Thank you, Inese, and those masses are still very much with us. I’m grateful you read and commented
My best to you
John