FALL/ WINTER 2011

next



Kathaleen Donnelly

TELEVISION

The same mass-media
that links me to the fine arts,
ballets, symphonies, Broadway plays
in New York City, in my living room,
a Caile in Ireland, bicycle race in France,
horse racing, car racing, hearts racing,
Olympics on the other side of the globe,
antiques worth fortunes in attics, storage closets,
renditions of old novels
I’ll never have time to read,

makes me feel guilty – to have so much,
when the same source of information,
in color, surround sound,
floods my living room
with the cries of children
who live with so little,

no television, to see
it’s all wrong.


back to top

 

 


send comments to info@poetrybay.com

first electronic copyright 2000 poetrybay. 
all rights revert to author

 

 

Poetrybay seeks fine poetry, reviews, commentary and essays without restriction in form or content, and reserves first electronic copyright to all work published. All rights to published work revert to the author following publication. All Email submissions should be in body of email text.

To submit poems write to:

PO Box 114 
Northport NY 11768
or email us at 
info@poetrybay.com

send comments to info@poetrybay.com

first electronic copyright 2004 poetrybay. 
all rights revert to authors

website comments to dpb@islandguide.com