The following is the final version of Peter Dale Scott’s much reworked poem “Greek Theater,” now subtitled, “Mario Savio and the Socratic Quest.” It replaces earlier versions of the poem that appeared on this blog. (First draft, second draft, third draft.) The poem will be published as the Epilogue of Peter’s prose political book, The Deep American State: Wall Street, Big Oil, and the Attack on U.S. Democracy, due from Rowman & Littlefield in November, 2014. Read more »

UPDATE: a final draft of this poem has been posted here.

This is a new draft of a poem by Peter Dale Scott that was originally posted here in order receive feedback from readers. Here is Peter’s description of this revision:

I consider this a near-final version of my poem. I think I’ve pretty much ended changing it on my own initiative. But would still welcome feedback from readers, which has been helpful in the past.

You can read the original draft along with the comments it received here, and the second draft and its comments here. Read more »

UPDATE: a final draft of this poem has been posted here.

This is the second draft of a poem by Peter Dale Scott that was originally posted here in order receive feedback from readers. You can read the original draft along with the comments it received here, and what will probably be the final draft here. (Though you’re still invited to make comments on it.) Read more »

UPDATE: a final draft of this poem has been posted here.