Seriously, Nothing Would Surprise Me

March 13, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is St. Patrick’s Day, which is celebrated on March 17^th.

Today’s poem is a poem for St. Patrick’s Day about the commodification of popular culture through tourism.

I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Seriously, nothing would surprise me.

The land we love is turned into a store,

Prettied up for foreigners, while we

Are salesclerks and waitresses, no more

The warriors of old, the priests of passion,

Royalty of tongue, the banshee dancers.

Instead, we have become the latest fashion,

Cheapened by the sale itself, the prancers

Kindled by a check to do their chore.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/seriou.html. For more poems for St. Patrick’s Day, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/stpatricksdaypoems.html .

This week’s theme: St. Patrick’s Day

March 12: Self Becomes Less Self the More Self-Served

March 13: Seriously, Nothing Would Surprise Me