Sculptum Est Prosa: Volume 3: The Voices of the Unpeople

By Ivan Kireevskii

In a mere fifty years, the world has seen one hundred million people die in misery and silence. And so one question remains: Has there ever been a time before where massacres and malnutrition divided the world between the "unpeople" and us?
In this third volume of his Sculptum Est Prosa poems, Ivan Kireevskii captures the events and forces prompting the disheartening loss of millions of lives while examining the connection to geopolitical and economic interests of today's global powers. Within poems haunted by the voices of political leaders, writers, historians, scientists, philosophers, thinkers, world citizens, and activists of all kinds, Kireevskii reflects on human tragedy while exploring the causes and effects and their consequences.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Release date: Oct 7, 2019
• ISBN: 9781480883406

Ivan Kireevskii

A wandering ascetic, born stoic, was taught by Hume...where he learned to question the absolute. He became Vienna's myth-maker. He is Michelangelo and will paint you sadness. He is Montaigne and has relished solitude.He is Descartes...was born a devout stranger, never a child.

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Sculptum Est Prosa

(Volume 3)

THE VOICES OF THE UNPEOPLE

Poetry By

IVAN KIREEVSKII

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ISBN: 978-1-4808-8341-3 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2019915362

Archway Publishing rev. date: 10/1/2019

For my dad, Bob

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1920 - 2014

thoughts of our dad

he put on his armor

adjusted his helmut

and grasped his shining shield

then from the back gate of his yard

he sallied forth into his world

commencing a virtuous quest

and his world became our’s

yes. our dad

the wise man, humble and tall

our father … calm and steady and meek

as we look back

thoughts unknown at the time

storm through our consciences like a hurricane

his greatness, now instilled in our very souls

a man with a compassionate heart

a gentle inertia, a warmth of his senses

we were invited as strangers

and remain forever his beloved guests

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fruits of the toil

til the world becomes ours’

where the stars hang like hope

where tears fall away

two that looked on

tears in khrushchev‘s eyes

a colorless void

drones

revolution

what we have become

cuba

layers of the gathering

ghostly highways

troops at the border

bloodstained debt

welcome to the land of capitalism, my friend

deep clouds

tears of aleppo

metal man

two dollars a day

homeless in america, 2019

crisis is building

the solipsistic dance

echo’d sounds

illuminators of the dark

day 26

the foreshore of the revolution

venezuela

this shameful war

assange

cradle of lightening

che

ho

unpeople

o’ milton – an epic

canto i

canto ii

canto iii

canto iv

canto v

canto vi

canto vii

canto viii

canto ix (part 1)

canto ix (part 2)

canto x

this land is our land …

the wretched of this earth

o’ senators

anarchy of capital

the screaming rain

bless me father

marx (part 1)

marx (part 2)

marx (part 3)

grimace of capital (part 1)

grimace of capital (part 2)

who will justify these crimes

break the silence

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What is Sculptured Prose?

It is the descriptive title I have given to the style of poetry that I write. On my website: www.sculturedprose.com it states the following regarding my first book: Sculptum Est Prosa - The Voices of Genius:

"Astronomers peer into the heavens, mathematicians devise elaborate theories, physicists construct complex machines, and philosophers search for the ultimate answers and indeed, the ultimate questions …

[My] poems are haunted by their voices … in which their words have been sculptured to harmonize."

Imagine a sculptor walking along the beach, through the forest, or climbing a mountain in search of a desirable stone with the potential to be chiseled and carved into a work of art. As I read and listen to the geniuses of our current age and past, I search their words just as a literal sculptor does his stones … once found, he or she carves, chisels, shapes, molds and fashions them with artistry and precision.

In my current search for these potential gems, my discoveries have been found among the words of political leaders, writers, historians, scientists, philosophers, thinkers, world citizens and activists of all kinds.

Once found, I have carved, chiseled and sculptured them into poems that I present to you in Sculptum Est Prosa, Volume 3 – The Voices of the Unpeople.

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I love this country. But I am deeply troubled by the path and methods that were used to get us to this place. I also am outraged and saddened by our more recent foreign policy engagements and actions that have left large segments of the world population in very disadvantaged circumstances.

Many of us in this country today live in better conditions than the god’s of antiquity. But many more live in squalor and poverty.

My poems scream out at this unconscionable disparity and the hope that it will reach the hearts of many of those who read my words.

In this third volume, I will attempt to capture the events and forces that are resulting in loss of millions of lives and