Stop it now, Labour!
A visceral post. Imitation is said to be the sincerest form of flattery. And that’s just what Labour is doing by offering itself up as Reform Lite, including all the… Continue Reading
Browsing Category: Politics
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
basics
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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
Robbery
Filoxenia is Greek for hospitality, And the word xenophile doesn’t Exist in the language the English Robbed of its meanings as well as Stealing its country’s treasures. The English-speaking world… Continue Reading
Books
As if these old books weren’t dry Enough, the book burners of the World pour kerosene on the pages Of wisdom they ignored and hate, All the holy books of… 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
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