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Premium Member Plagued by Memories

The patient's prognosis, pretty bleak,
a doctor's mindless laughing shriek,
an impression or a ghost so vague,
a gavel pounding in The Hague,
is it memory's plague? 

I can never see it or understand.
Am I the patient?  My brain is scanned.
It's sometimes near and far, you see.
Everywhere it follows me,
brings me to my knee.
  
A mad, psychotic, jangled melody,
lyrics without a remedy,
again, and again and again,
I feel every kind of pain.
They tell me I'm insane.
 
You taunt and tease me, while I can't place
you.  Ghastly spirit, show your face.
Laughing hellhound floating free,
demon memory, are you the key
to my sanity?
Form: Rhyme


Play That Funky Bouzouki White Boy

trying to sleep
take a simple nap
but the whirling
dervishes in my
mind won't stop
stomping or
dancing

and as i'm "one
who delights in all
manifestations of the
terpsichorean muse" my
memories remind me of a
time on the island of Thera
Greece where each of us to be

leaving the next morning
invited a friend who
invited a friend 
and we all sat
down at the
psari (fish)
taverna

it was a regular U.N. of
travellers and back
packers and like
a meeting at
the Hague
we took
over

the place much to the
owner's happiness
as we ordered 
and ate and
sated our
thirst
on

homemade Retsina
so much so that
we drank every
drop of what
was made
but even
a kiwi

pleaded
he'd drink 
the dregs to
keep elated but
the owner was already
pouring thank you shots
of ouzo with many linguistic

cheers
he knew 
what he was
going to do to
cheer his new 
found friends for
with this the night 

would end
with sudden
static sounds of
wires popping he
had plugged in an
electric bouzouki to
yells whoops and hollers

of broken
accents of
broken Greek
and English asking
turn the amp to eleven
and do  you  know   any
                               Hendrix
Form:

Premium Member DON'T FORGET UKRAINE?

Between an unjust war or peace, which would you choose?
Ukraine had no choice so we must ensure they don't lose
Russian thugs invaded Ukraine to reinstate the Iron Curtain 
And this is only the very beginning and of that I am certain.

I know it's a big ask, the Ukrainian people asking for more
But do you really want Russian thugs banging on your door
With the west and NATO's help Ukraine are holding their own
Now is not the time for the west, to look away and disown.

NATO and the civilised world should never bow to tyranny
If we're not united against Putin he will look on with glee
Don't waver in your support of this brave and proud nation
Don't hand Putin a hollow victory for the Russian Federation.

Like most of the civilised world, Ukraine wants to live in peace
If Putin wins do ask yourself, who's next, Estonia or Greece?
We've supported the Ukrainian people from the very beginning
Only with our support have they got a good chance of winning.

It's been nearly two years now and Putin hasn't yet succeeded
Ukrainians are fighting for their lives, but more arms are needed
It is certainly not the time for our politicians to argue about cost
If they do, it will be on their heads that freedom's war was lost.

I look forward to the day when Putin is put on trial in The Hague
Who's been the cause of so many deaths, more than the plague
Don't vote for gutless politicians who want to look the other way
Only by us being totally united will we be able to make Putin pay.




Written on 28th December 2023.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Inter-Parliamentary Union Ipu

On June 30th 1889
one hundred and thirty-two years ago

In the ambiance of Continental Hotel Paris
Two visionary Parliamentarians 

And men of peace
English Man William Randal Cremer

And French Man Frédéric Passy
In furtherance of their goal for peace

And arbitration through cooperation 
And Dialogue 

Mid-wifed an Association of  
parliamentarians 
Which has metamorphosed 

Into global organization 
Of National parliaments

First multilateral political organization 
Acclaimed today 
As inter-parliamentary Union(IPU)

Through the instrumentality of IPU
Corresponding institutions 

At governmental levels
Saw the light of the day

The permanent Court of Arbitration 
In The Hague in 1899

The League of Nations in 1919
And the Mighty United Nations in 1945

 The behemoth has today
 Over 170 Member parliaments 

 And resolutely committed to
 Democracy for everyone

 Parliaments at the service of the people
 Promotion of democratic governance   
       
 values
 Peace
 Human rights
 Gender equality 
 Youth empowerment 
 Sustainable development through 
 Political dialogue 
 Cooperation and parliamentary action
 IPU is a  potential global parliament !

The War That List Score -Pt2

With no end in sight and a year has passed. 
Kremlin won’t admit their forces are gassed. 
So they keep their foot on the wrong pedal. 
Exhausting their labor and supply of metal. 

Playing chicken with a globe full of enemies. 
Moskow wealthy saw their accounts freeze. 
Peaceful banks are refusing to aid and abet. 
Forcing the powerful elite to do a full reset. 

The world has endured enough nonsense. 
The ICC is asking Putin to start his repents. 
They issued his arrest warrant for crimes
Of atrocities against children many times. 

Abducting and trafficking them into Russia. 
Dealing low blows to their parents in militia. 
Doing this thousands of times at his request. 
Kidnapping hostages & executing the rest.

Without a conscience targeting defenseless. 
Forming Barbaric creatures to be tasteless. 
Now justice is being served by The Hague. 
To put an end to this insane Soviet plague. 

We should see Nuremberg Trials part two. 
To see the bastards brought their hell due. 
Ruining cities deserves equal punishment.  
Payback earned for their missile rains sent.
© Adam Segal  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member The Ukrainian Flag Flies Again In Kherson

The Ukrainian flag flies again in Kherson, it is a joy to see
The Russian army are running scared from Ukraines military
Russia pulled out its army saying it was a tactical move
But against Ukraines valiant army, they have a lot to prove.

Their so called special military operation is now lying in tatters 
Total victory for the brave Ukrainians is now all that matters 
Russia have had many setbacks you hear about them everyday
Ukraine will not yield to the Russians and are driving them away. 

The retreating Russian army have now pulled back to the Dnipro River 
With a harsh winter approaching I hope they get frostbite and shiver
They've behaved like wild animals and they do not deserve to live 
It will be a cold day down in the furnace of hell before anyone can forgive. 

But Ukraine remains cautious as the Russians beat a hasty retreat 
Vladimir Putin is so thick skinned and he will not accept defeat 
They've probably laid booby trap explosives, to inflict fatal injury 
They don't care who they kill, be it innocent civilians or military. 

Vladimar Putin will be removed from power, it is just a matter of time 
I hope he's handed over, and in the Hague charged with his heinous crime
But for now proud Ukrainians celebrate, as their flag again flies in Kherson 
I pray that in time we'll hear about Ukraines victory, and how the war was won.


Written on 12th November 2022.
Form: Rhyme

Before

Before

Before the world was made from space
Before the creation of the human race
Before the planting of the very first seed
There was the emotion of Love and the concept of need

Before the Good Lord made Adam and Eve dance
Before Cupid invented the idea of romance
Before politicians decided the position of their stance
There was little to divide us, it was left up to chance

Before the decisions were made to Govern,
Before Hansel and Gretel were put in the oven
Before the dinosaurs roamed the Earth
Before Mary herself gave the first Virgin Birth

Before Socrates spoke to his very first student
Before any activism or poitival movement
Before the first winter froze the very first trees
Before Romeo lost Juliette and was bought to his knees

Before Mozart composed his very first song 
Before the concept of right and wrong
Before the notion of monetary exchange
Before the first book turned its very first page

Before the great Wisdoms that came from the sky
Before the grand visions in Leonardo Davinci’s genius eyes
Before the incisions by the very first surgeons
Before the decisions were decided as urgent

Before the great rulers like Caesar, Khan and Cleopatra
Before the great politicians like Barak Obama and Margaret Thatcher
Before Ludwig Van Beethoven’s very first composition
Before the first cancer patient was put in remission

Before they invented the human genome
Before ET got to eventually phone home
Before man walked on the surface of the moon
Before Frank Sinatra sung a moment too soon

Before the Human Rights Council was developed in The Hague
Before mankind developed courage or could recognize the brave
Before Nicola Tesla invented electricity
Before Elon Musk developed this concept for free

Before the woke generation ran away with the social narrative
Before feminist theory lost part of its prerogative
Before society became synonymous with technology
Before youthful ambition was lost to cynical ideology

Before Mohammed Ali put on his first boxing gloves
Before we all agreed that something undefined comes from above
Before the Noah sailed his arc and sent his peaceful dove
Before it was all invented, this world evolved from the essence of Love

The End
Copywrite Elizabeth Moroz 2023
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Philosykos



“Philosykos”

Coerced I was enticed to enter their incohesive world
my mind bleeds like black currents aross the water-colour page
forming strange language electric messages l’eau papier imprints uncompleted
sparks form and burn through the walls of churlish Eden to the outer existence 
the inner world of freedom, naked and open, I’ve become Philosykos

I strip the bark down
love notes written
kisses tasting like Eden’s sweetest 
hand-fed mindless figs with mercy
teasing juicy red apples

undressed like an envelope
naked and open



Candide Diderot. ‘25




“In Greek, "Philosykos" translates to "friend of the fig tree". This name is derived from the Greek words "philos", meaning friend, and "sykon", meaning fig.”


“As ink soaks into a sheet of white paper, shadows emerge. Worlds are invented. L'Eau Papier celebrates the power of the imagination – that moment, suspended in time, when ink, paper and the hand become one. In L'Eau Papier, white musks are delicately faceted by an accord of rice steam, evoking the grain of the paper. To these are added luminous notes of mimosa, while a backdrop of blonde wood tones grounds L'Eau Papier in the material itself.”








"Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden"
Wenzel Peter, (Karlsbad 1745 - Rome 1829), oil on canvas, Vatican Museums


"The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man or The Earthly Paradise with the Fall of Adam and Eve"
Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Brueghel the Elder (1615), oil on panel, 	
Mauritshuis, The Hague

Premium Member Redwood

Redwood, you’re the Shadow secretary?
I guess so, he muttered.
Not caring that I am of voting age.
That’s what they tell me.

Preceded by Hunt? Succeeded by Hague?
Tell me, did your baby sister die of the plague?

Were you the one who resigned from the cabinet in ninety-five?
Not able to relate to most people alive?
Let’s not forget “Redwood versus Deadwood,” he told me proudly.
But weren’t you defeated, and pretty loudly?

And dropped in mid shuffle?  Wasn’t that you?
He huffed off mad finally, showing his irritation so blue.
I saw him miming a song on his way out.
That’s when I knew he was in a really big pout.

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