A James Dean Moment Poem by Sue Stone

A James Dean Moment



Young suicide

Within thirty minutes of the pronouncement
The messages flood like a tsunami.
The roaring of grief.
Waves of adoration,
for an angel?
Loss that could not be staunched.
This is your James Dean moment.
A parochial Norma Jean,
with adoration you could not have dreamt of
And as thousands of young people,
with similar lack of hope,
trawl through signals of saint hood
on MSN, BEBO and Face Book;
the beacon of legend beckons.

Sunday, April 19, 2009
Topic(s) of this poem: suicide
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Martin O'Neill 05 April 2012

And sometimes I think this is all that is desired, a moment's recognition, to feel that at last someone has NOTICED them. A fine poem Sue.

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Mel Vincent Basconcillo 26 April 2009

the flow is perfect! amazing write! enjoyed it

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Sue Stone

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