Saturday, March 12, 2016

Incident Comments

Rating: 3.9

He came back and shot. He shot him. When he came
back, he shot, and he fell, stumbling, past the
shadow wood, down, shot, dying, dead, to full halt.
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Amiri Baraka
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Valerie Hutchinson-morgan 29 September 2018

A shocking, vivid description of a tragic end. Sadly all too common in these times.

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Bushra Mulla 07 August 2016

I think Baraka wrote this poem keeping in mind all the terrorist attacks which took place at that point of time .

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Jayatissa K. Liyanage 19 May 2016

Meticulously narrated incident, turning out o a eye brow raising poem. Not every one is capable of. Well deserving achievement. Thanks for sharing.

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Jasbir Chatterjee 19 May 2016

This reminds me of a stabbing incident I witnessed at a bus stop many years ago in Delhi. It was so sudden, unexpected, and executed in such a cold-blooded manner. The aggressor's face was absolutely expressionless while he committed the act...Thanks for sharing this poem and congrats on being poet of the day!

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Edward Kofi Louis 19 May 2016

Sad! ! Of the dead man's expression. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Rajnish Manga 19 May 2016

This is a wonderful narrative poem maintaining its suspense till the very end. Such incidents are not uncommon and the end result is almost the same. Thanks,

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Syed Sarwar Hussain 19 May 2016

shockingly surreal! The poem is remarkable in its horrid details.

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Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka

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