by Isabel Gann | Apr 16, 2009 | Poetry
Waiting for aid to come, The boy lies there, Hoping for freedom from This hell- hole. His blood drenched form Lies next to the stinking copse Of his mother. Days pass. His eyes survey the Peerless blue of Gaza’s sky, And then the ebbing life Of the child across the...
by Lauriane Piette | Apr 16, 2009 | Poetry
In a darkened room, he sits, alone, So dark, he cannot see, He sits alone and thinks of home, and how it used to be. The laughter and the happiness, of days so long ago. Now, all there is, is emptiness A silent, desolate hole. The blinds, they have been shut so tight...
by Antony Gann | Apr 16, 2009 | Poetry
“Freedom is not free”. Everywhere, rules and conditions, Bind and tether, Entrap and enslave us. The soldier under conscription Must serve his country Although he questions the cause. Even the swallow, Who seems so free, Flying over the vast, Expansive plains of...
by Andy Rigley | Apr 16, 2009 | Poetry
A straw Clamped between my teeth Red and White I think About the fruit biting into my palm In a million places Green and Pink diamonds I think And the taste (in my…) Of Acid and Metal and Iron (on my…) I think Yellow sands Turquoise seas Broken by Olive...
by A. R. Lewis | Apr 15, 2009 | Poetry
Where did the trust of children all go? Will we ever again hear a child request. “Please mister see me across the road?” Hands clasped the old and the young boldly stride, Trusting each other from one side to the other. Where, oh where did that trust all go? No One is...
by Nathan Ihemadu | Apr 15, 2009 | Poetry
Earth you’re filled up like a sardine can But to your avail I have a plan A plan to relieve you of your excruciating pain Reduce, Reuse, Recycle let me explain! Recycling is the first method I suggest And I think you’ll agree it might be the best The help of humans to...
