S.Jagathsimhan Nair Poet Free verse

Gaza 2014

GAZA 2014

Which veil b
                locks o
    ur view  of the app
          arent ,    what  
purblindness  
                        vis-à-vis this  
land s
           lice, that we should f
                              ail 
to make
               sense of the rebus 
               it is or to 
decip
       her the his
                     torical 
                             hieroglyph it is.
 
See the  man

            iacal maw
            that  makes it more
than a  guts-for-garters
                                 clash.But 
yet i
                t fails the 
world’s celeb
          rated  triage.

Cut through  
the curt
            ains, take a loo
                      k   at the bipeds
                      on the other 

side and the end-
of-the-world im
                   ages they s
                   end forth

Pitted as 
they are again
           st  exist
                    ential odds,
and attitudes,  gun
          gho  and ra
                      bid

With  human
     ity poro
           us, pond
             ero
                  us, vapid busy 
in  ba
            lancing acts.

22 Aug 2014.

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Charlotte Puddifoot October 1, 2014 at 3:28 PM yeah we're both fives (and sixes lol)! you should try an acrostic for my contest...re this poem: I like what you're saying and I like the writing itself, but I'm not too sure about the chopped up lines; I'm wondering why you did that? it makes it more difficult to read and fully absorb the poem, in my opinion anyway xoxo

Liam Mcdaid September 27, 2014 at 2:03 AM very interesting piece of writing

Constance La France September 11, 2014 at 4:54 PM Very deep and profound ~~