Love the poem, Ernie. For what it's worth, the lizards must have thought they were shouting at dogs, horses, or soldiers because the German Frederick the Great reportedly said "Speak French to intellectuals, Italian to women, and German to dogs, horses, and soldiers."
Love the poem, Ernie. For what it's worth, the lizards must have thought they were shouting at dogs, horses, or soldiers because the German Frederick the Great reportedly said "Speak French to intellectuals, Italian to women, and German to dogs, horses, and soldiers."
😂 Maybe I read that quote somewhere and my subconscious dredged it up!
Wonderful, ernie. Between the subject matter and the form, it reminded me quite a bit of Edward Arlington Robinson.
Ah, Robinson wrote Richard Corey and Miniver Cheevey! Of course I know him! Thanks, that was high praise!
Yeah, he’s a ton of fun. Yours had a bit of a “Valley of the Shadow” kinda momentum to it.
It's funny I thought it rang out more like Stephen Crane's "The Black Riders and other lines" but I think you're right, it's more like Robinson.
Thanks! I’m not familiar with Robinson; I’ll check him out!
Strange. Beautiful
Thanks, Ken. Yes, it was haunting which is why when I woke up I wrote it down.