{"id":11457,"date":"2011-03-05T07:36:58","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T12:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=11457"},"modified":"2011-03-05T07:46:28","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T12:46:28","slug":"another-dead-poet-we-do-not-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=11457","title":{"rendered":"Another dead poet we do not need"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Haines died today. He lived a life in the wild, an idea that is always on the come in my mind. Haines, vaya con dios<\/em>, our world does not need another dead poet, we beg for a world where poets are always being born.<\/p>\n

POEM<\/p>\n

Notes on the Capitalist Persuasion<\/h2>\n

by John Haines<\/p>\n

I<\/p>\n

“Everything is connected to everything…”<\/p>\n

So runs the executive saw,
\ncutting both ways
\non the theme of all improvement:
\nYour string is my string
\nwhen I pull it my way.<\/p>\n

In my detachment is your dependency.<\/p>\n

In your small and backward nation
\nsome minor wealth still beckons –
\nwas it lumber, gas, or only sugar?
\nThus by imperial logic,
\nwith carefully aimed negotiation,
\nmy increase is your poverty.<\/p>\n

When the mortgage payments falter,
\nthen in fair market exchange
\nyour account is my account,
\nyour savings become my bonus,
\nyour home my house to sell.<\/p>\n

In my approval is your dispossession.<\/p>\n

II
\nOften in distress all social bonds
\nare broken. Your wife may then
\nbe my wife, your children
\nmy dependents \u2014 if I want them.<\/p>\n

So, too, our intellectual custom:
\nYour ideas are my ideas
\nwhen I choose to take them.
\nYour book is my book,
\nyour title mine to steal,
\nyour poem mine to publish.<\/p>\n

In my acclaim is your remaindering.<\/p>\n

Suppose I sit in an oval office:
\nthe public polls are sliding,
\nand to prove I am still in command
\nI begin a distant war. Then,
\nin obedience to reciprocal fate,
\nby which everything is connected,
\nmy war is your war,
\nmy adventure your misfortune.<\/p>\n

As when the dead come home,
\nand we are still connected,
\nmy truce is your surrender,
\nmy triumph your despair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John Haines died today. He lived a life in the wild, an idea that is always on the come in my mind. Haines, vaya con dios, our world does not need another dead poet, we beg for a world where poets are always being born. POEM Notes on the Capitalist Persuasion by John Haines I “Everything is connected to everything…” So runs the executive saw, cutting both ways on the theme of all improvement: Your… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[356,357],"class_list":["post-11457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main","tag-john-haines","tag-john-haines-died"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1kHSD-2YN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11457"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11465,"href":"https:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11457\/revisions\/11465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}