BRITAIN
...Britain
Why did they fight for our freedom of speech?
when we as a nation are afraid to speak
Led by a government that’s corrupt and weak
the future for our children looks dark and bleak.
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Categories:
grenfell, abuse, anger, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Political Verse
The Tower
...The Tower
When I look at pictures I begin to cry
I ask questions to myself why oh why
Home should be safe it should be a haven
With walkways you are proud of and steady even paving
The night o...
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Categories:
grenfell, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Amalina the Queen of Sheba
...AMALINA: THE QUEEN OF SHEBA
To the Queen of Sheba.
Unraveling of your thesis and your folklore
To devour your whole body in form of study
Zipping the raw facts in the mind's lobby
Trying to di...
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Categories:
grenfell, 1st grade, for her,
Form: Free verse
Grenfell Now Stands As a Monument
...Grenfell tower
ruptures the horizon,
London's skyline is scarred
like a blackened diplodocus
or a charred monument
for a laconic London bridge
still burning
But look,
linen wraps its i...
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Categories:
grenfell, social,
Form: Free verse
High Existence
...High living
High living what does it mean?
Eating caviar or to live on the highest
Flat on a Grenfell tower in London
without a sprinkling system?
Having lunch at an expensive café
because...
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Categories:
grenfell, corruption, courage,
Form: Blank verse
The Night Glenfell
...The Night Glenfell
A summer solstice candle breezing midst the twilight air
Where aloft the dizzying height of storey twenty f...
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Categories:
grenfell, natural disasters,
Form: Blank verse
Save and Shame
...Promotion, bonus, we believe good job well done,
we saved money let's give the rich a ton,
aluminium is nearly as good as zinc
nearly half the price that's how we have to think,
what about resid...
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Categories:
grenfell, bereavement, betrayal, corruption, england,
Form: Couplet
Grenfell Revisited
...Granfell tower is a symbol:
a charred monument of loss,
a bombed church's vaulted ceiling.
it is our grief;our heavy cross.
A scarlet tongue licks the ashes.
who unleashed this hydra 's desire...
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Categories:
grenfell, allegory,
Form: Ballad
A Tribute To Grenfell Tower
...I am a poet, an artist, a writer
A lover of humanity
This poem I write is about the Grenfell tower story.
Kensington,Kensington
What have you done
Blood stains and tears are scrolled upon your...
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Categories:
grenfell, anger, bereavement, betrayal, class,
Form: Free verse