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We Refuse to be Poor Anymore
Based on the words of Mick Lynch, leader of the Rail, Maritime, & Transport Workers Union. Also the words of one Richard Madeley. Written in rhyme royal format (ababbcc).
Mick Lynch, are you a Marxist,
into revolution,
and bringing down the capitalists?
No, I’m leading a dispute about working conditions,
and opening an interview with that, is a nonsense position.
Ri...
Tuesday 8th August 2023 9:58 am
Red
Any other poets out there twitching to write tonight? This may not be allowed on here so if it's not please accept my apologies and remove it but there are a few fellow human beings out there I can't help but think of tonight,
Red
It's not until you've looked into the crying eyes
Of a child with dying parents
Waiting for benefits re-assessments
It's not until you've stood 4am
Catheter...
Wednesday 7th June 2017 11:43 pm
Policy
the trickle down poetics
coiffed, varnished, double dipped,
lay waste the oubliette of empathy
no balm, no salve
shall expel the foreign body that
thorns it’s path in the digital red apnoea
of each choked fallen promise
as they steal your desecrated breath
your lips are still moving
your lips are still moving even
as your face turns blue
...Tuesday 8th January 2013 10:50 pm
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