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Will we overcome?
by Anne Howe The bow is bent
The sky is rent
By arrow sent across the sky
To shoot the brother in the eye
Greater the pleasure if he should die
Caring not which brother it be
The archers blind and cannot see
That all are born to live and love
Innocent as that holy dove
Where then, did it all go wrong?
Where now Bob Dylan and his song?
It seems as if the eternal plan
Falls now within the grasp of man
Ban the bomb, oh ban the bomb
Consider Gallipoli and the Somme
And Balis people and Twin Towers
We use for evil our intelligent powers
Is the answer really blowing in the wind'?
01/03/2003 Posted on 01/02/2003
Copyright © 2026 Anne Howe
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Christina Bruno on 01/03/03 at 11:04 PM this is beautiful, truly |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 01/04/03 at 12:34 AM A superb poem for our times Anne. Although I haven't heard from Bob Dylan recently, I did catch a documentary on Tony Bennett, and I sure wish we had him in the White House, or even better running the world. He had so much love and wisdom that made perfect sense. Sadly, the world isn't quite as simple. It's the thought that counts though. :o) |
| Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 01/06/03 at 01:26 AM perhaps we will never know the answers to these wonderfully posed questions even though we fatigue ourselves in searching. |
| Posted by Kalikala Smith on 04/21/04 at 03:57 AM this is very eloquently put... and no, the answer is seldom blowin in the wind... |
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