You see

            a land wraithed in smoke and the stink of death

You feel

            man's determination dulled by desperation and

            the hollow, guilty hope that the creeping fate might end

            at a neighbour's door.

You cannot farm in the present

At least not in Wales.

The hills were silent memorials to herds brought low,

Uncropped: a tragedy of gr...

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Blizzard

I’m a snowflake mate

if you like

unique

beautiful crystal

joining others

in a blizzard

that will white out

your false politics

stop your momentum

as we drift

into insurmountable

impassable glaciers

and in an avalanche

of hope

bury you forever

I’m a snowflake mate

whether you like it or not

one

a few

many

interlocking

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On June 23rd the people chose

They chose to leave the club

They chose to stand alone

And they chose to snub.

They snubbed the whole of Europe

They took their toys and turned

They turned away from commonsense

And forget all that they’d learned.

They turned inward and gazed

Stared hard at their navels

Their children’s futures narrowed

As the parents turned ...

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