Bloggerel - by John Burroughs, aka Jesus Crisis (CC#1)

Bloggerel (Crisis Chronicles #1) was originally published in a home-printed, hand assembled edition of (if I remember correctly) 80 copies on 7/7/2008.  Those are sold out — though the last I heard, Mac's Backs in Cleveland Heights still has a few for sale.

I began printing an ongoing 2nd (final) edition (which included revised versions of two of the poems) on 8/15/2009.  I am no longer keeping track of the number of copies and am only printing a few at a time as demand necessitates.  To order a signed copy, please send a check or money order for five US dollars (shipping included) to John B. Burroughs; Crisis Chronicles Press; 420 Cleveland Street; Elyria, Ohio 44035.



 
You may also purchase Bloggerel securely through PayPal:

Contents include:

Peer through
Prison Scene
Oppressed
At Mass
Holier than Thou
Past Present Future Tense
Allen Ginsberg Wants You
John Cage Engaged and Uncaged
Lobal Warman
Bloodshot (aka Rapists)
Gas Hike Coup


Sample poem:

Bloodshot

Indian summer sun squints, bloodshot like the
Wide wounded eyes of my cynical Seneca ancestors.
On and on
    and anon,
An endless queue of unrelenting conquistadors,
Lusting for booty 
    or bust,
Defile our trust and defame the name of God
    in the name of God.
Opportunity does not knock for trusting tribesmen,
    be they from Arizona
    Africa
    the Amazon 
        or Akron.
Riding roughshod over every allegedly endless empire
Including America the beautifully dutiful,
The cursed hearse of history leads a parade of pathetic
    and unsympathetic plotters,
    plodders,
    priests and presidents,
Electable eels who feel their forked tongues
    and dung
Make them agents of distinction
    instead of
        extinction.
Sweetly sighing lullabies of liberty
    and expediency, 
These leaders open
Their bomb bays 
    as they pray
First for the unconditional surrender of their enemies 
And last,
    if at all, 
For the bloodshot souls
Of the soon to be charred 
Children of Hiroshima
    Hanoi
    Belfast
    Belgrade
    Baghdad
    Bethlehem and
Coming soon
    to a theatre
    of war
    near
    you

* * *

 del.icio.us  Stumbleupon  Technorati  Digg 

Posted by Jesus Crisis at 9/27/2009 7:47 PM
Categories: Jesus Crisis,Chapbooks Published
Tags: Bloggerel John Burroughs Jesus Crisis 2008 2009
Next Entry

 
Trackbacks
Trackback specific URL for this entry
  • No trackbacks exist for this entry.
Comments
  • No comments exist for this entry.
Leave a comment

 Enter the above security code (required)

 Name

 Email (will not be published)

 Website

Your comment is 0 characters limited to 3000 characters.