Rocks In Our Heads
...ROCKS IN OUR HEADS
On the precipice of reality, a golden boulder came to rest
Refusing to go over the top, just teetering upon the edge
People gather from all a...
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Categories:
indian file, allusion, god, humanity, universe,
Form: Rhyme
Red
...Red blood was shed as their land was taken
Red graves lie unmarked behind shuttered schools
Treaties flouted through Parliament's rules
With redskins confined to reservation
Red songs unsung and ...
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Categories:
indian file, racism,
Form: Other
Peace Keepers
...clad in black berets and boots
all camouflaged with heavy guns
their armoured jeeps in Indian file
like obedient dogs they march along
faces pale from the burning sun
peasants tender, weak and...
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Categories:
indian file, conflict, hope, irony, social,
Form: Lyric
Naked Death
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Naked death
…the barred and sealed cattle wagons
disgorge
at the Konzentrazionslager
the faux pas relief
from urine mud faeces sweat and tears
unkempt...
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Categories:
indian file, bereavement, death, grief, hate,
Form: Elegy