Poem: America is a Gun, by Brian Bilston
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Poem: America is a Gun, by Brian Bilston
England is a cup of tea.
France, a wheel of ripened brie.
Greece, a short, squat olive tree.
America is a gun.
Brazil is football on the sand.
Argentina, Maradona’s hand.
Germany, an oompah band.
America is a gun.
Holland is a wooden shoe.
Hungary, a goulash stew.
Australia, a kangaroo.
America is a gun.
Japan is a thermal spring.
Scotland is a highland fling.
Oh, better to be anything
than America as a gun.
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As I see it America is more than JUST a gun. IMO America is politics, guns and football (in order of importance).
Our guns were greatly appreciated during World War 2.
So were Canada's guns, so were Great Britain's guns, so were Australia's guns, but I don't think that the American gun violence victims and their families are quite that appreciative.
How about the rest of the planet not call the US the next time there is a natural disaster for aid; or a war to fight (no matter how minor); and NATO countries take care of their own damn security.
If America wasn't a gun the rest of the planet wouldn't be anything.
Don't answer the phone next time.
Gay. Sounds like it was written by some asshole who never risked a damn thing.
Gay?
America use to be more than "guns". I wonder whether the fascination and love for guns increased with every war and conflict the country fought in. There are definitely many that hold a higher regard for guns than human life and maybe that is an unintended consequence of war. Sad
Previously I posted an opinion that it was important for America to maintain military prominence, so it was necessary for its people to love and be more comfortable and adept with guns and shooting.
I agree the military needs to be strong. I'm not sure it's important for civilians to be comfortable with guns. The comfort with guns may be what's led to so much violence.
Hey PJ. Whats up ? Nice to see you.
Too simplistic in nature to even consider
Do you think France can honestly be summed up as a piece of cheese? or England as a cup of tea? and since Canada and China are not mentioned is it safe to surmise that Canada and China are nothing at all?
The gun violence problem in the U.S.is a serious issue which deserves serious discussion not poetic dismissal
It could be that a simplistic method be required to make a point with simplistic people. Poetry need not be limited to being the food of love, as Darcy had said to Lizzie. And you're wrong, China and Canada aren't nothing.
Canada is a dish of poutine
China is Buddhas, many are seen
Ireland's a shamrock, a plant that is green
America is a gun
Buzz
I love the stuff you post and exchanging comments and thoughts on the subjects.
But on this you are wrong, America is so much more than a gun - and if you do not understand that then it cannot be explained to you.
Enjoy the day
OF COURSE America is much more than a gun, Robert. I'm sorry if I've hurt your feelings to the extent that you've had to be so defensive.
Agree with Robert
My feelings are not hurt and I am not being defensive - just pointing out an error in perception by the author.
So do I agree with both of you that America is much more than a gun, and don't think I don't know it. I've eaten the famous spicy wings in Buffalo, toured the Kodak plant in Rochester, watched Seizi Ozawa conduct the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood, Mass, toured the law library at Harvard, watched the Red Wings play in Fenway Park, Boston, ate the biggest lobster of my life in Provincetown, Cape Cod, bought a Meerschaum pipe in Nantucket, watched Bob Dylan go electric at the1995 Newport Folk Festival, met Pete Seeger and his wife Toshi on board his yacht Clearwater docked in the Hudson River, saw Guys and Dolls and The King and I with their original casts on Broadway, witnessed the iconic Krishna Menon address the General Assembly at the UN, driven down the I-95 through Pennsylvania, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia all the way to Miami, owned with my brother a golf condo west of Hollywood Florida, took my family to Disney World 3 times, watched Governor Ann Richards speak in Dallas, after eating a huge beefsteak at the TrailDust, ate the best brisket sandwich of my life in Fort Worth, gambled in Las Vegas two different times, saw a fantastic classic car museum in Palm Springs, drove from the redwoods of Muir Park south to San Francisco where I bought the Greek fisherman's cap at Fisherman's Pier (the one you may have seen me wear in many photos posted on NT), accidentally locked the keys in the rental car at the Lone Pine on 17 Mile Drive, watched Rosa Parks speak at my daughter's graduation ceremony at University of Southern California and ate lunch in the commissary at Universal Studios where I watched a premiere of the movie Entrapment starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones, toured the Queen Mary docked at Long Beach, was saddened by the Memorial at Pearl Harbor, although I never saw the Grand Canyon I saw a replica on Kauwi, and stood on the edge of a volcano on The Big Island. met some friends in St. Louis, spent some time in Cincinnati, attended my son's wedding in Baltimore, looked at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, toured the White House and Capital Building in Washington and was driven by its notorious mayor Merrion Berry in his little Mercedes coupe to his favourite restaurant for lunch, had to search for our car in Chicago's biggest parking garage because we lost the ticket, but did eat a great steak in a famous steak house there, watched Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention perform It Can't Happen Here in the Rock Pile concert hall in Detroit, and those are only SOME of the reasons why I know that America is more than just a gun. I could write a book on my feelings about the many many Americans I've met, some whom I came to know very well.
But poets have poetic licence, and one should understand that.
Buzz
But poets have poetic license, and one should understand that.
You are absolutely correct
There are many poets and poems that I love and find inspiration in. There are many poems that present stark (and sometimes subtle) messages about life and sometimes I think those messages or themes are wrong.
That doesn't mean anyone else thinks they are wrong or that I am right - it is simply my point of view on the message
I think we understand each other on this issue at this point. I do appreciate how you feel about what I post and wish there were a lot more NT members who were capable of appreciating them as well since so few let me know by commenting on them or voting them up. My postings about politics and guns are understandably more popular but unfortunately are few and far between, save for my postings that indicate my steadfast support for Israel, but I'm aware of the price I pay for that.
A caveat about my support for Israel. I do NOT support Netanyahu whose actions, in my opinion have been selfishly imposed upon the Israeli people in order to maintain his personal control of the government and his delaying of the imposition of justice, rather than the good of the nation and its people as a whole. My support of Israel is for its survival and peaceful existence in the midst of those who would prefer its destruction.