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A Stumbling Nation
by Bennett Kremen → (All Poetry by Bennett Kremen)
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                                            A StUMBLING NATION

                                              If I sit breathing yet
                                            
                                              with eyes still squinting

                                              in strong light

                                              and a morbid thumping

                                              still in my chest---

                                              Yes, the vital signs

                                              clamor on, through I'm only

                                              a twisted, tumbling branch

                                              in my own land

                                              wrenched finally from

                                              trunk and root in

                                              the stark, pitiless

                                              winds howling now

                                              across my stumbling nation.

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                                       Copyright 2009  Bennett Kremen                     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                

 

                                     


                                        

 


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 Reviews of "A Stumbling Nation"
Reviewed by Lori Moore
Reviewed on October 1, 2009
The winds can be frightening. Excellent imagery.

Reviewed by Peter Schlosser (Reader)
Reviewed on October 1, 2009
I can't help but think of the tune "Free Falling" by Tom Petty, as I watch this nation plunge into the abyss. Powerful poem and ever so true and timely.

Reviewed by Richard Cederberg
Reviewed on October 1, 2009
"A twisted tumbling branch"
not connected anymore and becoming deformed from the negative forces.
A good analogy and image. Your poetic eyes capture much in this write Ben. We are mostly helpless to do anything as we watch this giant machine morph into something it was never intended to be.

Incidentally, your incitement to reread "Dover Beach" was efficacious. And you are correct in your judgement that the poet is dealing with more than just the religious cooling of humanity.
Blessings ...


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