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:
scroungers, abuse, anger, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Political Verse
Seagulls
...Seagulls
winged scavengers
cleaning coastal waters
loud, extremely quarrelsome birds
scroungers....
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Categories:
scroungers, animal, bird, how i
Form: Cinquain
The Door Wolf
...The Door Wolf.
And, what of the waxing Moons
Its flood, of relentless tides, that time
of scar faced pit dogs, long sharp toothed,
their belly grumbling handlers, eager
to chalk a death line, o...
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Categories:
scroungers, history,
Form: Free verse
Tory Envy
...I wish I was a Tory,
It would be another story,
So much simpler not to care
Or have to be aware
Of how other folks must strive
To make a crust to stay alive.
I could keep my privileged indiffer...
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Categories:
scroungers, humorous, irony, political,
Form: Political Verse
No Title Deeds
...Icebergs melt bears
Poles exhaust pelted creatures
Fur absorbs descent
Foreigners the lot
Bloody migrants escape floes
Pillar grown from salt
Homeless Exodus
Into uncharted rescue
No pass...
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Categories:
scroungers, humanity, nature,
Form: Haiku
Sophie Reiff, Trophy Wife
...Is this the weekend, by the way?
(I always think it’s Saturday!)
Load the kids up in the car –
country club (I hit the spa:
hand the kids to gay Adolph...
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Categories:
scroungers, satire,
Form: Couplet
Death Tolls
...The atmosphere rings with the bell like calls
of the plover flock, long before they are spotted.
The flight herringbones a grey fedora sky.
Markings of white and coal black weave,
wing-stitched, ...
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Categories:
scroungers, beach, beauty, bird, ocean,
Form: Free verse
A Chance Encounter
...A Chance Encounter
A chance encounter the other day
Got me chatting to a stranger
Just for some time to pass away.
He was very well groomed, very smart.
Spoke well too, seemed a decent...
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Categories:
scroungers, angst, caregiving, change, community,
Form: Free verse