War and History Poetry posted February 13, 2008 |
An abcedarian
American Aggression
by AlvinTEthington
The war in Iraq
absurd battles
cause death everywhere; false greedy "help" intimidates. jaundiced kismet lames minds normally open; prejudice quickly reinvigorates. soldiers trudge under vituperative warnings; xenophobic yearlong zeitgeist. |
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An abcedarian is a twenty-six word poem with each word beginning with a successive letter of the alphabet (from "a" to "z.")
jaundiced--exhibiting or influenced by envy, distaste, or hostility
kismet--fate
vituperative--containing or characterized by verbal abuse
xenophobic--unduly fearful of what is foreign and especially of people of foreign origin
zeitgeist--the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era
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and 2 member cents. jaundiced--exhibiting or influenced by envy, distaste, or hostility
kismet--fate
vituperative--containing or characterized by verbal abuse
xenophobic--unduly fearful of what is foreign and especially of people of foreign origin
zeitgeist--the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era
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