Hollow Beast
Daily banalities turned the church Of the hallowed poor into the bank Of a hollowed-out religion far removed From the faith it was. Under the gods Of money and status,… Continue Reading
Browsing Category: Poetry
Substance
The newspapers cut and pasted Into mounds of different meanings. Social media scree-shotted, and not A single fact checked; factless propaganda. What made sense at some forgotten Point is garbled… Continue Reading
The Taste Of Memory
That sharp tang of lye in their mouth, A thread back to a different place where These bread rolls were a part of everyday Life, and no matter how many… Continue Reading
Even Before 2016
Even before twenty sixteen, we were warning Of the coming storm, how the wall wouldn’t Hold if no-one said anything against the Fascists already in power in certain places, England… Continue Reading
Vicious Regret
This weather induces headaches, the Dim light too bright for the horizonless Day that limps along with its own Suicidal ideations, wanting to end Before night comes. A tired living,… Continue Reading
Witch Hunts
To backward men, any sign of strength From a woman is a threat, harking back To those pathetic fears and tortures of Witches, the suppression and ownership Of any independent… Continue Reading
American Hades
These are the dead everyone talks about, The disappeared, gone from one second to the Next, when they were expected at school, or At the coffee place, at work, on… Continue Reading
Past The Edge Lands
Right now, we’re in the borders of The unreasonable, where recent Modernity hasn’t prepared us for The realities of the extremes we’ve Only witnessed as historic artefacts, Things we don’t… Continue Reading
Onomatopoeia
With her bladed whip in Hand, the muscles in her Arm tense for the next blow, It amused her that Onomatopoeia Was a distraction from The pain she was inflicting… Continue Reading
Too Good To Be True
This is what disturbs us, The poets, painters, writers, Over-thinkers, Low self-esteemers, Day dreamers, Night screamers, The restless, Hungry for morers, The lost, the lonely, The found; contentedness, Which seems… Continue Reading