A poem written for a class assignment - use words found in a work not meant to be poetry. I chose "The Birth of Coffee," by Daniel Lorenzetti and Linda Rice Lorenzetti.
the rumah adat,
thereby
assuming life
in a matrilineal society
and disregarded
crop workers' feelings
as he sipped
exquisite sumatran prime java
from porcelain cups
goats tracked over the tarp
in a grandiose maneuver
to distract the mind
from the present moment
of suffering -
patriarchal society
does no favors
for earth's minorities
(cultural diversity is not an illusion)
5/2/16
Poetry by Thomas Perdue
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Written on 2016-05-07 at 05:50
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java poem
the fazendeiro seizedthe rumah adat,
thereby
assuming life
in a matrilineal society
and disregarded
crop workers' feelings
as he sipped
exquisite sumatran prime java
from porcelain cups
goats tracked over the tarp
in a grandiose maneuver
to distract the mind
from the present moment
of suffering -
patriarchal society
does no favors
for earth's minorities
(cultural diversity is not an illusion)
5/2/16
Poetry by Thomas Perdue
Read 711 times
Written on 2016-05-07 at 05:50
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