Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Map of the Mediterranean Sea

Monaco afternoon

01st June, where the sun shines warm


Spanish Fly

04th of July, a swarthy guy.


Italian Journalist

loving in earnest, all that talk.


Greek member

it is cold in September, with no money to spend


Turkish Saber

don't come here, our borders are closed.


Syrian disaster

everyone run faster, the devil has come


Lebanese Sausage

Cross roads of diversity, they look good in shorts.


Jewish land rights

long, dark nights, encroachments to stop.


Suez Canal

the death knell


Egyptian hell

Muslims swell


Libya's Leader

hacked to death in the street


Tunisian beach

blood on the sheet


Algeria

Where cavemen dwell


Morocco

Where the boys blow


Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Refugee Policy

Rat tat tat tat tat

The guns of racism sound daily

Disguised as keeping us safe

Keeping the foreigners out of this place

And keeping the politicians

Ruling our space.


Monday, 28 September 2015

Tall Poppy

Be a tall poppy

Run, succeed, win

Be generous when you look back

Because this is where you begin.


Be kind

Think fondly

Remember well, truthfully

Don’t forget,

Because we’ll remember you.


Sunday, 27 September 2015

Different

Lane departure, baby,

Beep, beep, beep,

when we deviate.

Who would dare?

we won’t have any

of that “different” here.

We’re not going in

for that sort of thing,

thank you very much.


Saturday, 26 September 2015

Foggy Foggy Do

Foggy foggy do

The morning was brittle and grey

The air looked like pea soup

The birds sang anyway.


I gazed out the window

the street had fuzzy edges

cotton wool in the urban meadow

cold like a winter sketch


I was taken aback, I was surprised

I felt a shiver, I felt the cold

Not what I expected as I rise

Shrug, let the day unfold.


Friday, 25 September 2015

Broken Dreams

Broken rice

broken dreams

so many rich people

who are mean.

A cup of beans,

plates of truffles

only for some

humanity buckles.


Thursday, 24 September 2015

Shut Up!

Shut up!

Sometimes,

I just wanna scream,

Shut Up World!

Be fucking quiet, all of you,

there is joy in the silence.

Shut up!

Be bored,

fidget, do nothing,

you’ll find inspiration there,

or I will.

Shut up!