The Truth
This is the truth. There Can be no argument. Anti-Zionism is not Anti-semitism. The facts are not Arguable. 83 percent Civilian casualty rate In Gaza. This is not Proportionality in… Continue Reading
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When he realised, with hindsight, after Both the monsters had died, that what He’d thought of as home and sanctuary Had been nothing but an illusion, he felt Ill and… Continue Reading
The Reckoning – in life and in poetry
We’ve now been back from our annual Agios Nikolaos pilgrimage for a week longer than we were there for. That’s always a sad realisation, and one that, in me, evokes… Continue Reading
Stasis
I’ve been in a period of stasis for a little while, mainly health and tiredness induced. So now I’m going on hols. Perhaps my mojo will come bck. But here’s… Continue Reading
Blessing
M and I got married 34 years ago today. That in itself is a blessing for me. If only I could remember all the words I have written for you,… Continue Reading
Same Old
The grey faces have it all; Anger, resentment, despair, That tiredness of spirit which Comes with daily strife and No change nor happiness in Sight, an ever-shrinking income When other… Continue Reading
Needles
On her table, he is a collection Of meridians and channels, Pulses, emotions, and phases, A puzzle of flesh, sinews, and bones, A network of blockages and gates That need… Continue Reading
basics
the people basic needs basic rights human rights food freedom health life the tyrants basic instincts basic wants inhuman desires inhuman urges greed money power death R 30/04/2025 15:18
Misery. Britain.
Two poems from one prompt today. Misery Misery treats itself to an espresso In one of the many hardly populated Cafés in the city centre. It chooses To sit right… Continue Reading
From A Place Of Safety
It’s an easy thing, from a place of safety, To tell the oppressed and threatened Not to cower, a different thing, when in Their place of danger, not to do… Continue Reading