Human History

Human History

Sacco and Vanzetti,
Guthrie and Bulosan,
four good men
a long time gone.
Then there’s you and me
on a quest to be free.
I just want to let you know
there’s no other place I’d rather be.

Because it seems
there’s no end to tyranny,
and no end to those who fear you
and fear me.
And no end
to the quest to be free.
If there is an end,
well, I just can’t see

it.

Well, I imagine
they ended those four men.
Will we end that way
or just begin again?
One sure way
is to end this trend
and find a new way
around the way they contend.

Four good men
and then there’s you and I.
Two good people
trying to find a way to get by.
One wretched system
that makes a strong man cry.
One good reason
to ask the question, Why?

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Nathan Bernardo

I've been writing poetry since I was a teenager, which was back in the early 1980s. I've studied poetry a bit, have learned form, meter, alliteration, things like that; but mostly I just let it flow. Though academics tend to think rhyme is contrived, and it often is, I still use it. I think poetry is rhythm and sound. If it sounds good when you read it out loud, then it's good poetry.

I think I admire E. E. Cummings the most out of the great poets; because of his totally unorthodox approach. For substance, I like Walt Whitman. For rhythm, I like Edgar Allan Poe. For the raw stuff, I like Ginsberg. I also like a little Dylan Thomas.

As for my own writing, I like to explore deeper feelings but feelings that have broad meaning too.

Hope to share some of that meaningful writing here.

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