Anti Bushism

Upset by the words and the policies of President George W. Bush and fueled by the tumultuous events that occurred during his presidency, Micah Wolfe turned to poetry. He put his pent-up frustration down on paper, and the poems that erupted from him are full of fire and fury. His book Anti Bushism is a collection of these expressions of righteous anger, an emotion with which many American readers will identify. They too experienced the moments that inspired Wolfe’s poetry–9/11, the ensuing attack on Afghanistan, the Patriot Act, and the devastation that followed Hurricane Katrina–and his passion will guide them through their own memories of these events.

In the poem “Mirror,” addressed directly to President Bush, Wolfe asks on behalf of all Americans:

How can you proclaim an acceptable amount of violence And turn around and tell us you’re not tyrants? You won’t leave without your contract for oil, Gallons of blood spilled for exhaust comes out to spoil. So how can you tell me this is fighting terrorism When you’ve blended our terror with patriotism?”