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Poet: Sharon Olds (Sharon Olds Art)
Poem: The Pope's Penis
Comment 7 of 7, added on September 7th, 2009 at 11:16 AM.
for me it's a sad song.it's not than i am not religious but the last two lines have shocked me.we should have in our minds that the pope is a man who has completely gaven his live to god.he has no enjoy in his life on earth.we can ask ourselfs is it worth for so many people to gave up their lifes and live for god.
Bojana from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Comment 6 of 7, added on January 25th, 2009 at 8:19 PM.
I have to admit this is the finest poem about the pope's genitalia that I've read. My nickle? Olds was encasing the entire poem in a conceit, using the piece as fun, wit, play; about something a lot of people probably take pretty serious. As such I think it reads well. Woo. :)
josh from United States
Comment 5 of 7, added on May 14th, 2007 at 11:09 AM.
Come on cant you see that she's just trying to getting you to understand that the pope is just like any other guy, he's not different just because he's the pope. Yeah the poem was funny and a little weird, but if we can poke fun at the president then we sure as hell can poke fun at the pope and in the mean time make a point. He's not God he's just like everyone else just a little lucky.
Ginger from United States
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for me it's a sad song.it's not than i am not religious but the last two lines have shocked me.we should have in our minds that the pope is a man who has completely gaven his live to god.he has no enjoy in his life on earth.we can ask ourselfs is it worth for so many people to gave up their lifes and live for god.
Bojana from Bosnia and Herzegovina