by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
WMD
In countries
where people read
A writer
would rot in prison
for burning his president in prose
in the land that manufactured Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
remote-controlled drones
The poet
faces a new weapon
in the history of dictatorships:
he is ignored
Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
From Intimate Geography, Ragged Sky Press
WMD was selected by SDFP Contributor Karen Kenyon. Karen has been published in The Los Angeles Times, The San Diego Union-Tribune, British Heritage, Westways, and The Christian Science Monitor. She also has two books Sunshower (Putnam, NY) and The Bronte Family (Lerner Publications, Minnesota) She teaches at MiraCosta College and UCSD-X.
Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes was born and raised in San Diego, California. He attended Herbert Hoover High School and went on to study Religion and Theology at the University of San Diego. His book Intimate Geography, published by Ragged Sky Press, won the 2012 San Diego Book Award for Poetry. Ish, as he is known, has also written lyrics for German musicians Andrea Hörkens and Thomas Roderburg (Tender Art).
Latest posts by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (see all)
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