| Dom Martin has a special technique of expressing whatever lies deepest in the human soul, and what is more important, of the terrible and eternal problem of our presence as humanbeings in this vale of tears.
His seriousness is undoubtedly, one of the greatest -- if not the greatest -- ethos of his art. The man lives and reacts through what is true, or to whatever appears to him to be true, and what he executes is his truth. Hence, the intense reality of an expression of art which it appears to me is not very common . . .-Dr. Luis Gaspar da Silva Poet, Statesman |
| ENGULFING VOID
In humanity’s cornea
Are the political reflections
Of people
Marooned
From the equitable shores
Of Hope.
Of tomorrows
Divested
From the aspirations
Of today.
Like an exultant dove
Fluttering helplessly
In the light tunnel
Of an engulfing void.
A void
As vast and claustrophobic
As survival! |
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| "Thank you for sending me the autographed copies of CoExistence: Humanity's Wailing Wall. I also find poetry to be a rewarding hobby. Rosalynn joins me in sending our best wishes for continued success." -Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States of America, 2002 Nobel Prize Winner |
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| INCARCERATED IN COEXISTENCE
Despair rears its head
Like a fatwa
Of hope
In the enunciation of death.
Despair
Emanating from the nebulas
Of capitalism
And percolating
Against the survival
Of the Majority.
Despair
Judiciously inhumane
Like the judgment of Auschwitz
On a people
Already indicted to inexistence! |
| FOOTLESS HUMANITY
The bombs have finally quieted
Coexistence.
There’s room
For inexistence!
There’s room
With a view
And a door
Weathered
By the wind-driven edicts
Of imperialism!
There’s room
A view
A door
And a shoe
That no longer fits
A footless humanity! |
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" . . . I am struck by your words and illustrations. I appreciate your focus on the human element, beyond the game of finger-pointing and blame that so often takes precedent. We all have our roles to play addressing these global tragedies. I wish you the best as you continue in yours."
-Dr. James J. Zogby, President, Arab American Institute |
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© 2007 Dom Martin
SOURCE: http://www.dommartin.cc/
EDITORS' NOTE: Dom Martin's web site has generously been brought to our attention by Sarah Meyer of INDEX RESEARCH.
