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| ***BIO*** Ellaraine Lockie has been published in poetry magazines, journals, broadsheets and anthologies in the U. S. and internationally, and has received eight nominations for Pushcart prizes. Her four published chapbooks are: Midlife Muse, Poetry Forum (winner of their 2000 chapbook contest); Crossing the Center Line, Sweet Annie Press; Coloring Outside the Lines, The Plowman Press; and Finishing Lines, Snark Publishing. She also teaches school and community poetry workshops. |
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| Patriotism on Trial |
| by Ellaraine Lockie |
| In Portugal I buy a brown
leather jacket for my passport Divorcing myself from the navy blue plastic that announces my marriage to a country murdering people for political purposes In Spain I turn my San Francisco sweatshirt inside out Avoid long conversations with locals In Italy I work on a Canadian accent And don't ask for Catsup in cafes In Mexico Sergio Witz Rodriguez has been arrested for writing a poem that images his country's flag as a rag A replacement for toilet paper Metaphors that provoke a fine and prison in the mind of Mexico's Supreme Court In London I read the guilty verdict Lay The Morning Star on Starbuck's table Go into the room where I reverse my sweatshirt And return to write a poem on the front page of Oxford Street about the felonies that stain freedom |
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| May 2009 |
| 117 |