Category Archives: International
Indigence
Indigence flummox! Hundreds fleeing the eruption Home is flattened earth. June 8, 2018
Blank!
Elections … elections All are flooding in and out Voting is on its way Voting … voting What are we voting for? Don’t you know? Well … well Blank! None of the above Became an election option Captures the imagination … Continue reading
Borders of sanity
A line in sand He draws A wind stops by A sea wave hangs in the air The elements gather in void And marvel at his creation And wonder What it means The line in the sand, The sand in … Continue reading
Broken line
In a nightgown she strolls Across the sleepy living room To his sleeping bag In a village living the past She is committing treason Against the master of the house. Invading the unshaven traveller space She takes control of his … Continue reading
We are all!
We are all Paris We are all San’a We are all Brussels We are all Aleppo We are all London We are all Mosul We are all St Petersburg In hurt bleeding Broken hearts For thousands dead Broken homes And … Continue reading
Refugee and store manager
A refugee stands by a store He begs for food He begs for something to do He begs for life A life he imagined But not true. A store manager looks at him He explores the refugee’s look He marvels … Continue reading
A human tragedy
Old men die Young men are killed Often in fights Children are run over By cars driven By maniacs plotting in The middle of the night. Old men read Often in stately homes In appearance calm But what about the … Continue reading
Poem: Election Night
Counting, Counting Eyes are bulging out of their Sockets Obsessed with the small papers Obsessed with the small crosses Obsessed by the numbers Origins of ballots Boxes shapes and colours Grown men holding small pens and tattered papers Notes … Continue reading
Poem: But Why?
In a flash The world changes Like the new year Fireworks It changes Into a thousand sparkles And a buff of smoke Ascends to heaven That is imagined It does not reach The sky above It makes An interesting … Continue reading
Poem: Hunger
Hunger is not a game Hunger is a human despair Hunger is a moment of losing content Hunger is a beast from our animal gene Hunger … Hunger is not a game Games do not end in skeletons … Continue reading
