Comments on: A poem for the 21st century: VISIONS OF THE EMPIRE (complete version) https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2018/07/02/a-poem-for-the-21st-century-visions-of-the-empire-complete-version/ NoMoreFakeNews.com Tue, 16 Jul 2019 13:06:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.10 By: Ozzie Thinker https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2018/07/02/a-poem-for-the-21st-century-visions-of-the-empire-complete-version/#comment-42507 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 04:44:28 +0000 https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/?p=21494#comment-42507 Jon

Forgive me. I bookmarked this to make time to do it justice and I find I haven’t anywhere near enough time to do it justice.

I can’t believe it is surreal for surrealism’s sake. That would be a terrible waste. Matrix-like, definitely an “Indie” feel about it, I need to review it much more carefully….when I can make the time.

Best
OT

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By: joyinrepetitionknitandcrochet https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2018/07/02/a-poem-for-the-21st-century-visions-of-the-empire-complete-version/#comment-42506 Tue, 03 Jul 2018 18:26:12 +0000 https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/?p=21494#comment-42506 Oh Jon, a breathtakingly and overwhelmingly brilliant work of art; a poem, smacking of Kerouac – yet clearly a Rappoport creation. A poem to bring tears, laughter, rage and change. Poetry is truly a transcendent voice which urges the imagination beyond known bounds. Thank you for your typical generosity in sharing your work.

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By: Timeless Classics -- Poetry by Ana Daksina https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2018/07/02/a-poem-for-the-21st-century-visions-of-the-empire-complete-version/#comment-42505 Tue, 03 Jul 2018 01:07:52 +0000 https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/?p=21494#comment-42505 Worthy to walk with the Beat ????

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By: middleway https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2018/07/02/a-poem-for-the-21st-century-visions-of-the-empire-complete-version/#comment-42504 Mon, 02 Jul 2018 19:58:43 +0000 https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/?p=21494#comment-42504 May we consider this poem as a complementary alternative?

The Gods of the Copybook Headings

As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race,
I Make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market-Place.
Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them all.

We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn
That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn:
But we found them lacking in Uplift, Vision and Breadth of Mind,
So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Mankind.

We moved as the Spirit listed. They never altered their pace,
Being neither cloud nor wind-borne like the Gods of the Market-Place.
But they always caught up with our progress, and presently word would come
That a tribe had been wiped off its icefield, or the lights had gone out in Rome.

With the Hopes that our World is built on they were utterly out of touch
They denied that the Moon was Stilton; they denied she was even Dutch
They denied that Wishes were Horses; they denied that a Pig had Wings.
So we worshipped the Gods of the Market Who promised these beautiful things.

When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.
But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,
And the Gods of the Copybook Heading said: “Stick to the Devil you know.”

On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life
(Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife)
Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “The Wages of Sin is Death.”

In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “If you don’t work you die.”

Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew,
And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true
That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four —
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more.

As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man —
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began —
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool’s bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire —
And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!

– Rudyard Kipling

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By: voza0db https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2018/07/02/a-poem-for-the-21st-century-visions-of-the-empire-complete-version/#comment-42503 Mon, 02 Jul 2018 17:50:50 +0000 https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/?p=21494#comment-42503 “I wrote a 5000-word poem” man! Too many words! Do you have an audio version?

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By: futuret https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2018/07/02/a-poem-for-the-21st-century-visions-of-the-empire-complete-version/#comment-42502 Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:24:55 +0000 https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/?p=21494#comment-42502 https://www.christianpost.com/news/end-times-pastor-perry-stone-claims-world-leaders-pray-to-satan-believe-god-is-jealous-225143/

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By: MrDuncmck https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2018/07/02/a-poem-for-the-21st-century-visions-of-the-empire-complete-version/#comment-42501 Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:02:57 +0000 https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/?p=21494#comment-42501 wooooow ! as i was reading i was recalling so many of my own thoughts and internal dialogues in the coarse of my own life . the watcher watching the watcher ascertaining the dance of my own definitions of demons and angels.so many recollections of the age of innocence and unhindered imagination. thanks jon !!

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