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Contests : War Poetry Contest : Past Winners : 2003 : George Adams
THE ALTAR
Tableau: surprised by unexpected glare,
on tables shared with the hermetic dead
displaced to make a sacred space, a pair
of whores; and I, left hand above my head
still on the light cord, right hand on my Colt;
and five GIs to do the ancient act,
their pants pulled down; and pander set to bolt
well-paid, the trickster Eros. They enact
the holy, I stand in aporia:
dare I forbid to those who find a place,
even if a morgue-tent in Korea,
the Aphrodisian rites to celebrate
suspension of their transitory state?
This poem won an Honorable Mention in the 2003 War Poetry Contest sponsored by Winning Writers. Author George Adams received a $50 award. Copyright is reserved to the author.
About George Adams
George R. Adams is a professor at the University
of Wisconsin-Whitewater,
a Korean War veteran, and the son of a bronc rider who was pregnant with him while she was competing in the rodeo.
This may explain his personality and politics.
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