"John Wayne Addiction Engine" is a L-A-N-G-U-A-G-E poem composed by Middlebrow with the help of Google Poetry . It represents an exploration of the cultural topography of John Wayne.
John Wayne was more than an actor; he was a force around which films were made,
symbolized what Americans thought of themselves and what they aspired to
addiction,
to sucking from the bleeding teat of government handouts. ...like their John Wayne and yes, he had piles, big time
It was an addiction that stayed with me from the late 1940’s to the early 1970’s.... I loved the old westerns with Gary Cooper, John Wayne, Roy Rogers
and tasty romantic blarney about an Irish American ex-boxer (John Wayne).
We all know the name, John Wayne, and few of us can hear the name without conjuring up a tall cowboy with a dusty hat and a gentle smile.
He was meaner than a side-winder if someone sat on his hat,
write paeans to John Wayne's memory...we're engaged in a collective case of denial.
American Hollywood hero John Wayne once declared, "If everything isn't black... casualties there continues to mount and analogies with Vietnam grow. ...John Wayne - Nickname for the chocolate bars in the C-rations pack.
"Cultural Resistance, John Wayne's Teeth, and the Politics of American ...
Instead of Arjuna in a chariot we are given John Wayne in a sari
and relationships among groups of women in American history from 1920 to the
present. ... surveying the life and historical significance of John Wayne
Thursday, September 08, 2005
John Wayne Addiction Engine
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9/08/2005
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6 comments:
best line: "he was mean as a sidewinder if somebody sat on his hat." that line says everything.
"He was meaner than a side-winder if someone sat on his hat," did wayne ever remove his hat?
Another question--wasn't Wayne sort of the icon of the guy who could keep his cool even when everything around him was going to hell in a handbasket?
Heh, I cobbled together one about Jimmy Hoffa. Go see in the regular place.
Looky here everybody:
http://www.leevilehto.net/google/anthology.asp?poem=pickavance
Anthologized at such a young age!
One suggestion: don't move to Italy expecting it to cure your consumption.
Great. More of my students will embarrassingly insist that they are published poets. Not that I don't think it's a nifty tool.
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