Sanctuary

Curb all this technology!
We can't hear the poetry!
Who can hear Byron, Shelley, and Keats
If a jackhammer's screaming in the streets?
Who can take in Whitman and Frost
If a drill''s at work and the lyrics are lost?
Trees are falling -- it's getting worse
When you can't read a Maya Angelou verse
Who can hear Joni Mitchell singing
If some stupid cell phone is ringing?
A poetry open mic is the place to be
Come, let's camp at the library!

(c)Ann Catherine Braxton          2009
published in Skipping Stones, Vol VI

Mindworm Press, Chesapeake, VA