Best Intifada Poems

Random  Intifada
the enemy can be anyone walking
the streets. The Israelis are nervous 
power alone cannot stop this there is
two Israel one for the European elite
and one for the poorer class who feel
betrayed by their leaders and fanatical
settlers, low wages hovering just about
poverty, alas we...

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(“Glimpsing Hokusai”, 2017, original encaustic)

Intifada aka “Kill the Jews!”

While we were sleeping content in our lives 
Something dark and ugly was growing inside
Spreading across the lawns, and fibers of the net
An intifada of hate as old as time, 
For those People of the Book who...

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(“Creation Myth Merit Badge”, 2016, original oil)

Global Intifada

Everywhere you look today the world is burning
Or is a dried out husk waiting to spark.

It’s a self proclaimed global intifada after all,
Sweeping like a plague across hearts and minds.

But what exactly is this resistance all about anyway?
Inquiring...

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Two thousand five, the Israeli PM thought there he knew the way
HE had to get out of Gaza, it's impossible to stay
"We can't rule over all these people, and the world will thank us too"
So he pulled out Jewish villages, but troubles only grew.

Hamas took...

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