Great Again

“Scurrility possesseth many leaves of the poets’ books: yet think I, when this is granted, they will find their sentence may with good manners put the last words foremost, and not say that poetry abuseth man’s wit, but that man’s wit abuseth poetry.”– Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)

You want to Make Us
Great Again
Return us to our
Golden Past

When our fine fettle nation
Had set their heart’s delight
Upon deed, action, quest and not

imagination

When men, real men,
instead of writing things fit to be done,
would do things worthy to be written.
I volunteer my librarian’s
neck to the noose,

and urge my countrymen to brace
the walls of their wisdom
against the chain shot charged,
released, now tearing through,
the flesh and bone of
All our learning.