Poems in Prison

http://www.npr.org/2013/02/12/170657765/in-a-north-vietnamese-prison-sharing-poems-with-taps-on-the-walls

I haven't read this book, but the title of the article intrigued me. John Borling, this Air Force fighter pilot, while imprisoned for six years and eight months in Vietnam, "composed poetry -  in his head, without benefit of pencil or paper." He had a tap code to communicate with other prisoners, and said, " a fragment of poetry — some remembered lines, however abbreviated — would be useful."

See, poetry can save lives! Okay, okay, maybe that's a little extreme. But hey, it helped make life more bearable in such a trying time. There's always beauty somewhere, right? We just have to find it, or create it.

To poetry.