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PrinceMyshkin
08-04-2009, 04:33 PM
Not all of them espouse
killing Jews. Many of them
belong to country clubs,
have cottages in the Gatineau
or the Adirondacks,
adore their children
and head up charity drives.

They wouldn’t all of them
kill Jews, but if they had to do it
they’d wear white cotton gloves.




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© 2009, J. Newman. This is an original work posted under the name of PrinceMyshkin on http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?p=758266#post758266. Any unauthorized reproduction of it constitutes theft.
Drkshadow03
08-04-2009, 05:33 PM
Man, what's with you and the Jew-hatred poems?
vagantes
08-05-2009, 04:27 AM
As regards to the writing it is a beautifully balanced piece of irony.

Re the comments by the next poster about Jews I find to be a matter of concern: It matters that anti-semitism should be attacked based as it is on perceptions of difference. It matters historically as well. We appear to live in a world founded on hatred of others and if a poet chooses to exposes the nonsensical quality of such a premise (premiss) then he should be applauded.
PrinceMyshkin
08-05-2009, 08:03 AM
As regards to the writing it is a beautifully balanced piece of irony.

Re the comments by the next poster about Jews I find to be a matter of concern: It matters that anti-semitism should be attacked based as it is on perceptions of difference. It matters historically as well. We appear to live in a world founded on hatred of others and if a poet chooses to exposes the nonsensical quality of such a premise (premiss) then he should be applauded.

Many thanks, Vagantes. I did hesitate to post that. And yes, I thought that if the irony were to be effective, I had to withhold blatant evidence of my fear and rage until the last line.
Buh4Bee
08-05-2009, 09:54 AM
I skipped over the poem many times thinking the title was quacky, but decided to read it. It is kind if an historical throwback to the 60s era.
vagantes
08-05-2009, 12:18 PM
Hatred of others through difference is not located in some remote past. It is a clear and present danger.
PrinceMyshkin
08-05-2009, 12:31 PM
Hatred of others through difference is not located in some remote past. It is a clear and present danger.

Yes, but has anyone ever gotten to the apparently hard-wired roots of it? And if so, suggested the means by which we might expunge or at least diminish the intensity of it?
AuntShecky
08-05-2009, 02:03 PM
The only suggestion I'd make is to lose the "they" in the first line to make the construction less awkward, such as "All of them don't espouse. . ."
PrinceMyshkin
08-05-2009, 02:33 PM
The only suggestion I'd make is to lose the "they" in the first line to make the construction less awkward, such as "All of them don't espouse. . ."

Point taken, change made... Thanks.
Delta40
08-05-2009, 03:34 PM
I like the smooth sing along tone of this verse. Its a walk in the park sound.
qimissung
08-05-2009, 04:20 PM
I like the bitter irony. I would like to see all racism abolished. In the states, or at least as I have observed however incompletely or inaccurately in my part of the world, the biggest cause for concern is between black and white, one incident having made the news, recently.

It is sad to think that there still exit people who would prefer to see someone of another race dead rather than enjoying the pleasures of the same world that they live in. Thank you for bringing this to our attention, Prince.