paris (Remove filter)
21st c. enlightenment blues
Rattling through the low hills
in the darkness and the endless endless rain
the train is overcrowded
because the train is overcrowded
because the train is always overcrowded
and the conductor’s now a manager
a voice we never see
mumbling something through the tannoy
about weather and delays.
We used to have seats
now we stand
and this is progress.
Outside
the airwaves are full bey...
Monday 16th November 2015 5:37 pm
maize
As I pish pash down the monstrous streets of Paris
The rain makes the cheap neon shimmer and shiver
I am approached by a creaking vagrant
Shuddering and Grunting
Coughing and Wheezing
He pushes a shopping trolley containing maize
I secretly wish he will pass me by
But of course he does not
‘Want some corn’ he asks
‘That’s maize.’ I say
‘That’s not fit for human consu...
Sunday 21st June 2015 2:08 pm
Liberté
Thy pen; no mighty sword here preach
Where words, metallic, fall.
On blood-ink lines; stained city streets -
Oh time, thou horrors crawl.
Wrought freedom flits, it waxes, ebbs,
Whence censored bullets rain,
But fallow not among the dead
Doth liberty remain.
Copyright © Simon Austin 2015
Monday 12th January 2015 3:01 pm
Recent Comments
raypool on Father's Day
11 hours ago
Yasoda on Claws of Love, Kiss of Death
11 hours ago
David RL Moore on The Art of Ages
11 hours ago
M.C. Newberry on My Poetic Soul
12 hours ago
Greg Freeman on Father's Day
12 hours ago
R A Porter on End of Summer
12 hours ago
R A Porter on Father's Day
12 hours ago
M.C. Newberry on Trestle Tables
12 hours ago
M.C. Newberry on Father's Day
12 hours ago
Tim Ellis on Claws of Love, Kiss of Death
13 hours ago