To Read And Understand
If we were inclined to believe Everything we read, we’d all be Raving fascists like Trump, Musk, Farridge, Jenrick, and all the others Obsessed with the ethnic cleansing Of the… Continue Reading
Browsing Tag: poem
Asylum
There will be no light today. We lie at the top of the cliff To watch the shadows drift in to shore. As soon as we hear the small boats… Continue Reading
Twelfth Night
The 12-day canopy of unreal Life has been taken down. Harsh reality falls back into Living, darkness again the Force is always was, without The fairy lights and trees, And… Continue Reading
Her Pyre
Out of the darkness they hauled her, Gave her the strap in public until Her back covered the ground in Black blood, transparent sweat, But no tears. They were busy… Continue Reading
Serial Monogamy
If you’re a serial Monogamist, it’s easy To let one relationship Segue into the next; The old love fades out Quietly, and the new One fades in gently Without anyone… Continue Reading
For Those Who Care
Know this: Time is too fast, and Life too short, Every disappointment A betrayal. You alone Can make a difference To each moment, To your life, To those you care… Continue Reading
Hope
At each turning of the light, and Eleven days later at the beginning of A new calendar, we somehow dare To hope that the entire fabric of All lives will… Continue Reading
This Void
This Void Between them – 963 abstract Units of distance measurement. The connection flickers, ebbs, dies, Resurrects, but there’s no sign of Life at the other end, the one Far… Continue Reading
Market Stalls
Market Stalls She’d always thought he was cute, despite his being short and portly, with the squint which lent mischief to his sad face, which only sometimes smiled, usually when… Continue Reading
Shatter
Shatter Some days are better, When he’s too busy to remember What brought him here, And he doesn’t count the years Since it happened. Tucked deep into his hood And… Continue Reading