Category Archives: International

Indigence

Posted on June 8, 2018 by alaindesade

Indigence flummox! Hundreds fleeing the eruption Home is flattened earth. June 8, 2018

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Blank!

Posted on April 25, 2017 by alaindesade

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 →

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Borders of sanity

Posted on April 20, 2017 by alaindesade

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 →

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Broken line

Posted on April 19, 2017 by alaindesade

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 →

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We are all!

Posted on April 3, 2017 by alaindesade

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 →

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Refugee and store manager

Posted on March 29, 2017 by alaindesade

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 →

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A human tragedy

Posted on March 23, 2017 by alaindesade

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 →

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Poem: Election Night

Posted on May 7, 2016 by alaindesade

  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 →

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Poem: But Why?

Posted on January 17, 2016 by alaindesade

  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 →

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Poem: Hunger

Posted on December 9, 2015 by alaindesade

  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 →

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