Poetic Corruption


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Corruption


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A rich debut collection from a promising new poet -- selected by Campbell McGrath as a winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series Open Competition For more than twenty-five years, the National Poetry Series has sought out and discovered new voices, helping to launch the careers of such luminaries as the former poet laureate Billy Collins, Mark Doty, Denis Johnson, Stephen Dobyns, Mark Levine, and Dionisio Martinez.
















What is the future for us?


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What is the future for us? In these times of darkness, corruption reigns And does not leave crumbs to the slaves below ... Politicians forge improvements, but deflct assets, And they disfiure the sun in which the TV misrepresents images. Cruel politics paints a disfiured present. The bread gets more expensive, and the artwork bleeds The storm that gives goodbye to the children’s future. The boats are swaying in the wind of despair. Millions are diverted, hospitals are closed And schools are falling ... false bank acconts The walls, externally, what do these guys want? They steal children and then smile at them, Disorienting with directions. There is no return since the Indians are dead and the Forests are destroyed. There are no returns to the workers who will die in slavery. The future stuffed with dollars is dying dryly In external accounts, and internally the lights are Deleting the future. Since as the press is not reporting ... The imminent tragedy. The new Auschwitz is coming The new Auschwitz is coming, Digital Stakes of Intolerance Circulate the streets of blood and decay Of today’s bloody days. Poles of savagery and xenophobia are in the children’s booklets. Gods invented in the hatred of an augmented reality, In the falsehood of envy and greedy power. What is the future in the face of intolerance? All hatred is used on disposable days. The machines substitute values And with the heart people do not think. Lies are the political truths, Only hatred and indifference are planted In the minds of children bleeding Justice, and pervert tragedy. If Adolf Hitler came to speak in the square these days. They pick him up witn a limousine, anyway. Héber Bensi




On Generation & Corruption


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Explores the use of procedural constraints in the production of poetry, prose and prose poetry. Examines issues of realism, narrative and narrativity, and confronts the problem of how place is constructed on the page. Follows Aristotle's original On Generation and Corruption (or, On Coming to Be and Passing Away) in considering the question of permanence and change.




Titans of Corruption and Other Poems


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Titans of Corruption denotes that "No Oppressor will ever allow those who he once fully oppressed, to ever become equal to himself; and, his laws of equality will always be full of deception against the poor no matter their color." This is especially so for most Black, Brown, and poor white communities of the United States, whose trust for redemption and hope are still placed highly within their religious faiths. Robertson wrote within a Facebook post that: "The Fortunate Rich and White Elite, appears to be seeking the rewards of a civil war involving chauvinistic principles based against a people . . . who are considered by some as 'destroyer(s) of culture, ' 'a parasite within the nation, ' and 'a menace (to their [ELITES] economic ideals).' No differently than the thoughts of Adolf Hitler, and the extermination of millions who were also considered (born and raised) German citizens." That is what Titans of Corruption is trying to point out. All Americans no matter their color are caught up within the bigotries of the established wealthy (just as we are continually seeing throughout our nation today). It is a wake-up call that each American Citizen has a duty to make this nation a better and more equitable place to live for all our people and children, which then creates a significantly better future for all United States citizens as a whole.