Turkish elections (Remove filter)
Election
As poor as I am
I can still see the lies
Dripping down from posters
Larger than life
Each party vying for my eye line
Sides of the same dice
Hope, Fear
Progress, Strength
Hate, Together
Each rolling towards me
Saying anything I like …
A tannoy blurts out
Some nonsensical nonsense
flags are waving in the air
and the dumb have becom...
Monday 18th March 2024 3:55 pm
Fear/Hope
Fear tips off your tongue
Like raw sewage into the sea
The air of hatred pollutes
the minds of your supporters
But across the way
Hope springs eternal,
A burning ember of
Love and peace.
Wednesday 10th May 2023 11:13 am
Recent Comments
Jobair Mahmud on A Sonnet for Bangladesh
3 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on My Weekly WalkaboutsVerse, e.g., Poem 213 of 230: MORE AMOR PATRIAE
6 hours ago
Rick Varden on The 24/7 365 Cell
6 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on Fart
6 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on It's never too late! Graham Sherwood makes live poetry debut
7 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on Surge of sales as Welsh rivers anthology is launched
7 hours ago
David RL Moore on Closing Up
7 hours ago
David RL Moore on Spectator
7 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on ‘Lifelong republican’ Henry Normal turns down MBE - and tells his poetry audience why
8 hours ago
Stephen Gospage on Closing Up
8 hours ago