Resistance

It's war again, so English Lit refracts
Unpleasantness and shortages of facts:
A hireling bard has sent a little note,
Deploring TV images by rote
And daring hope because cathedral bells
Can still compete with modern battle knells.

It's positive, when cruelty invades,
To praise the clang that summoned the Crusades,
And take on Homer's mantle for a bit
While self-inflating for the tricky fit.
It's war again, and poets now are those
Whose lyrics soar as journalistic prose.

Larry Littleprism