{"id":34160,"date":"2009-12-11T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:35:29","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T01:35:29","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:35:29","slug":"a_reading_from_the_poet_algore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2009\/12\/11\/a_reading_from_the_poet_algore\/","title":{"rendered":"A Reading from the Poet, Algore"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p>Algore. I mentioned yesterday, maybe it was a couple days ago, Algore has written a poem that is in his book. What is the title of that book, Last Choice, First Choice, Only Choice? There\u2019s something choice in there, it\u2019s not pro-choice. Don\u2019t look it up. Our Choice. He\u2019s written a poem and CNN.com has a web series called The Halls, which, I guess they go out and anybody roaming the halls of CNN they stop \u2019em and ask them questions. And I guess Algore was roaming the halls at CNN. Unidentified reporterette: &#8216;Mr. Vice President, first things first. We want to know, why did you write this poem? Are you trying for poet laureate?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>ALGORE: (laughing) I never &#8212; I didn\u2019t intend to. The truth is I wrote 28 pages when I was writing this book on the latest impacts of the climate crisis, and since the book, Our Choice, is all about the solutions, it didn\u2019t really fit anywhere, so I kept trying to squeeze it down to where it would fit, and I came up with a few lines and then I decided, oh, well, what the heck, try to make it into a poem. So I\u2019m not a poet but I did my best.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: And then standing in the hall at CNN on a show called The Halls, Algore read his poem. Do you want to hear the poem? Here\u2019s Algore reading this poem, which, you should know that members of State-Controlled Media, they think this is just the best. They think this is rad; they are overimpressed; they think this is one of the best; it\u2019s gut-wrenching; it\u2019s true. The Vanity Fair guy described it as frightening in it scope. Listen to it. <\/p>\n<p><BR\/><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125110.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignright\"\/>ALGORE: One thin September soon <\/line><BR\/>A floating continent disappears <\/line><BR\/>In midnight sun<\/line><\/p>\n<p><BR\/>Vapors rise as <\/line><BR\/>Fever settles on an acid sea <\/line><BR\/>Neptune\u2019s bones dissolve<\/line><\/p>\n<p><BR\/>Snow glides from the mountain<\/line><BR\/>Ice fathers floods for a season<\/line><BR\/>A hard rain comes quickly<\/line><\/p>\n<p><BR\/>Then dirt is parched<\/line><BR\/>Kindling is placed in the forest <\/line><BR\/>For the lightning\u2019s celebration<\/line><\/p>\n<p><BR\/>Unknown creatures <\/line><BR\/>Take their leave, unmourned<\/line><BR\/>Horsemen ready their stirrups<\/line><\/p>\n<p><BR\/>Passion seeks heroes and friends<\/line><BR\/>The bell of the city<\/line><BR\/>On the hill is rung<\/line><\/p>\n<p><BR\/>The shepherd cries<\/line><BR\/>The hour of choosing has arrived<\/line><BR\/>Here are your tools.<\/line><\/p>\n<p>RUSH: That\u2019s Algore and his poem from his book, Our Choice. I\u2019m telling you, Snerdley, I read the reaction to this. They\u2019re all caught up in this. This is emoting; this is compassion for the planet; the heart. Yeah, they think it\u2019s fabulous. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algore. I mentioned yesterday, maybe it was a couple days ago, Algore has written a poem that is in his book. What is the title of that book, Last Choice, First Choice, Only Choice? There\u2019s something choice in there, it\u2019s not pro-choice. Don\u2019t look it up. Our Choice. 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