Best Operative Poems

Can you scalpel the soul with the knives of your science, 
Separate sin with your blade—
And dissect human psyches with all your reliance
Placed in experiments made?

Empirical evidence augurs for “yes”—
Instinct suggests “maybe not”—
And there’s gore on the table.  The wound is a mess.
Wisdomless knowledge...

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Brexit Sonnet No.11
‘Co-operative Action’
 

The ozone hole, a once fearsome deadly foe,
Is retreating, shrinking day by day.
‘Effective co-operative action’ brings it low.
Is this fake or true, watcha say?
So a problem sans frontières is on the wane,
But another rises from creator’s list,
Just as dangerous, man made...

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