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Barn Burners
All the world is burning
Seething in its juice
The odds of hate and the odds of fear
Have set the nations to fueling fires

And paranoia fills the awkward smiles
Of my neighbours precarious eyes  

Self defence becomes the enemy
Strangling us in our sleep 
And danger screeching the...

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Categories: burners, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Book Burners
Books burners are on the loose again
Wanting to change honoured works to not offend
Noddy and Big Ears have gone
And Roald Dahl’s classic have lost their song

But these burners don’t have Jack boots
And Heil Hitler is not their salute
For burning with bonfires is old fashioned
Changing book...

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Categories: burners, books, bullying, conflict,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Flag Burners
Flag Burners
A limerick
By: Tom
August 2, 2020

In this land we’re free to reach for the sky,
So burning our flag, I can’t fathom why.
So when protest’s begin,
My patience grows thin,
Gnawing discontent garners my sad sigh.
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Categories: burners, violence,
Form: Limerick

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