Ah Jayne, you're the last person I want to tangle with! And you are
there! I'm not. I was trying to be cautious when relaying my stepmother's comments--she's very politically active, reads everything, and has strong thoughts on everything! She's on her local parish council amongst a million other things and had to fight a massive battle to get funds for a small playground for children. However, she and other family members are also extremely upset by the violence--don't get me wrong. I'm sorry if I misrepresented anyone or anything.
Not to get anyone's ire up even more, but in the interests of debate, I'm putting a link here to an article by Bill Boyarsky who covered the LA riots of 1992 for the Los Angeles Times. I was here then too, and stood on the roof of my apartment building while the city burned around me. It was a very scary time, but there were also many complicated factors at work, as Bill points out. On the other hand, England and Los Angeles are
very far apart, in more ways than one!
Meanwhile, how does one write poetry about such moments, when one is right in the middle of them? A tough call I think--although the WW I poets managed it.
Jayne, again my apologies for the upset.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/america_is_a_spark_away_from_riots_of_our_own_2011 0811/
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/...wn_2011 0811/
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