by Ron Martin | Nov 15, 2015 | Poetry
Why are the leaders of the world so inept? That they continue to allow tyrannies to thrive Why are they not prepared to take action? To ensure that thousands starving to death are kept alive Is it because they appear to be of no value That their countries are not...
by Deborah Ellis | Nov 13, 2013 | Poetry
I didn’t know who you were Or even where you fell But I thank you for my today And for my tomorrow as well.
by Leslie de la Haye | Apr 24, 2010 | Poetry
Red sun kisses the west sky, Night once more begins to fall, Leaving a taint of falsehood. Honour and vows are broken, By the cruelty and lies. I leave my boyhood behind, Starting afresh: A grown man. Time past soon silvers over, Though betrayed and bitter, And left...
by Lesley Lees | Nov 26, 2009 | Poetry
A fawlty Basil Say’s don’t mention The war, what war, Of tragedy A comedy is made. What words of war today Are not spoken; Do two and two make four Does 9/11 plus 7/7 make war, Is terror recessed In a memory store rarely recalled. Wake up dear world Talk, talk and...
by Isabel Gann | Apr 16, 2009 | Poetry
Waiting for aid to come, The boy lies there, Hoping for freedom from This hell- hole. His blood drenched form Lies next to the stinking copse Of his mother. Days pass. His eyes survey the Peerless blue of Gaza’s sky, And then the ebbing life Of the child across the...
