Posted in I-L, M-N, Poems of Other Poets, tagged bard on the hill, contusion, Dear Father Look Up, domestic violence, Like Washington, NFL, Orpheus C. Kerr, poems, poetry, R.H. Newell, Ray Rice hits girl friend video on September 10, 2014|
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…Dear Father, look up,
…Away from the cup,
And tell me what aileth ma’s forehead.
…It’s all black and blue;
…O, what could she do
To cause a contusion so horrid?
…“Your mother, Jane Ann,
…A newspaper man
Admired, till I warn’d her she’d catch it;
…Like Washington, I
…Cannot tell a lie –
I did it with my little hatchet.”
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In view of the releasing of the video of NFL
star Ray Rice hitting his girlfriend in an
elevator and knocking her out, I thought
this poem was appropriate. The video is
graphic in its violence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TAA87yvd-w
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The Bard on the Hill 