Merril hosts Poetics in the dVerse Poets Pub ~ Music is the theme
In 1985, as the film "The Killing Fields" ended, and the credits rolled ~ John Lennon's music filled the theatre. I could not move ~ sat in my seat, sobbing ~ for what seemed like hours ~
i didn't expect the piano
soft as a mercy
then Lennon
imagining peace
but today
the bombs still fall
on children who
never heard of Lennon
imagine one olive branch
still green
in a garden of ash
That was a hard movie to watch. We seem further away from imagining peace than we were then.
ReplyDeleteHi Helen. I watched The Killing Fields when I was a child and it gave me nightmares. My dad‘s a Vietnam War Vet and he hoped there would be no more war, but… I really like you what you’ve written, and it would be nice if John Lennon could have been correct.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Helen. Thank you. The bombs will continue to fall as the lunacy of man has no limit. Imagine. . . what a gift John Lennon was.
ReplyDeleteVery well written, Helen. It is sad that we never seem to learn!
ReplyDeleteGah. This goes straight to the heart. I remember emerging from the theatre feeling as if I had been in a war................and now look where we are. Oy.
ReplyDeleteHelen. Hi. This is concise beauty. Your short piece speaks volumes. Why are the caray ones ruling the world? How crazy is Human? But we gotta bet on love —give it a chance before peace can settle in. Let’s keep loving. Thanks for the lovely words. Bless you. Xo, Selma
ReplyDeleteI wish we had the means to realize John's dream. I think of his own end and weep :(
ReplyDeleteShocking post Ellen!
ReplyDeleteThis music and Lennon's voice...
Your poem is wonderful.
It's so terrible that humanity is still tormented by wars....
How dare the authoritarians push their agenda of power and greed while the rest of us are with you and Lennon desperately trying to cling on to that olive branch - very strong helen...
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ReplyDeleteOh Helen, such a moving poem. With or without the film, ‘Imagine’ is a heartfelt, heart-warming song. But the film without the song at the end is another matter. I love the opening lines with the ‘piano soft as a mercy’ and the thought of ‘one olive branch still green in a garden of ash’.
ReplyDeleteAwesome brevity and powerfully understated. 👏
ReplyDeleteIf Lennon is looking down now, he ust be as disgusted as we are.
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