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Reporters
It’s quite the fashion now to bash
Those journalists who seek the truth;
As years flow by, more are cut down,
Or languish, silenced, in their youth.
As humans they are fallible
And are rebuked for their mistakes,
But hard men seek to shut them up
When they play for the highest stakes,
And can’t afford to be faced with
Exposure through detailed research,
To ...
Sunday 24th November 2024 9:38 am
The Censors' Gag!
In a world where words are measured, thoughts confined,
Where humour dares not tread on toes aligned,
We walk on eggshells, fearful, self-contained,
As though our speech itself was preordained.
Gone are the days when satire cut like steel,
When jest could probe and challenge what we feel.
Now cancel culture prowls with sharpened teeth,
Condemning those who wander far bene...
Monday 7th October 2024 2:35 pm
Savaged Soul
If I knew your poetry would suddenly
disappear,
I would have memorized
every poem,
to comfort me
when I feel alone.
Your words help heal
my savaged soul.
I'm sad you had to go.
# # #
https://youtu.be/OeP4FFr88SQ
Saturday 14th December 2019 5:25 am
Big Brother TV
Everything watered down as to not offend
There's no relationship you need to mend
WHen you've got the tv as a friend
Taking comfort in Big Brother once again
Your day feels like the one before
Sick of all your slavery chores
Throw everything down on the floor
To find out celebrity whispers behind closed doors
The A to Z of who's banging who
The story of the latest murder on the news
A zi...
Saturday 5th August 2017 4:50 pm
Don't use a sword for a word
True to
The saying
“The pen is mightier
Than the sword”
To your enemies
Deep-cutting and
Mask-divesting
Were every of
Your acerbic satire, also
Bitter-truth packed word.
“To ignore
His pen we ill afford
Nor could we
Fight him back
Word for word.
So covertly
Let us
Strike him down
With a sword
About his whereabouts
Effacing a word!” they said
Forgetting
As a writer Baalu
W...
Monday 12th June 2017 1:25 pm
On Censorship
Given what's happening in America right now, I suspect it won't be long before the First Amendment begins fighting for its life.
With that in mind, I thought I'd share my most successful poem to date, though it's hardly a poem at all.
It is based on my experience of living in South Africa during Apartheid.
In The Tradition Of The Star
This poem is censored.
I cannot mentio...
Friday 17th March 2017 1:08 pm
Burning Books
Listen not unto the lie that stings the lips.
Witness not the act that stays a pitied mind.
Speak not of the hatred that will crack the whips.
Let not those insidious be here enshrined.
Trample not upon the freedoms of your kin.
Take not which was never here for you to own.
Read not of the bitterness that splits the skin.
Write not of the malice that shatters the bone.
Reason with the ...
Tuesday 15th July 2014 11:22 am
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