http://orbum.net/poemaday/2010/03/10/the-ragged-sleeve-of-youth-63/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ragged-sleeve-of-youth-63 when nothing else will do Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:13:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://orbum.net/poemaday/2010/03/10/the-ragged-sleeve-of-youth-63/comment-page-1/#comment-80 mark Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:38:14 +0000 http://orbum.net/poemaday/?p=827#comment-80 Funny - I thought of Ozy when I saw this picture, too. That deserves a lot more than what this poem did, though. I'm very happy the cyclic theme came out! Funny – I thought of Ozy when I saw this picture, too. That deserves a lot more than what this poem did, though. I’m very happy the cyclic theme came out!

]]> http://orbum.net/poemaday/2010/03/10/the-ragged-sleeve-of-youth-63/comment-page-1/#comment-78 noelle Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:50:10 +0000 http://orbum.net/poemaday/?p=827#comment-78 This reminds me of the toppling of the statue of Hussein in Iraq. It also reminds me of the poem Ozymandias by Shelley. I love the cyclical theme of youth, freshness, then the jaw set, burdened by age and the sense of a future with narrowing choices followed by another cycle of youth standing in judgement of those now aging. So true. This reminds me of the toppling of the statue of Hussein in Iraq. It also reminds me of the poem Ozymandias by Shelley. I love the cyclical theme of youth, freshness, then the jaw set, burdened by age and the sense of a future with narrowing choices followed by another cycle of youth standing in judgement of those now aging. So true.

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