social justice (Remove filter)
Where is THIS Jerusalem?
Tuesday 12th August 2025 9:57 am
The Banquet of Blinders: When Vanity Met Valjean
Thursday 12th June 2025 1:34 pm
Bitter Heights
They tell us all to climb the tree,
To reach what hangs for all to see.
But though we stretch and though we try,
The fruit remains too far, too high.
A fox will feast, a lion dine,
While sparrows peck at crumbs and pine.
The branches bend for weight and pride,
But never lean to those outside.
We’re told, “Grow strong, and you may rise—
The climb is fair, the prize the prize.”
Yet roo...
Wednesday 14th May 2025 2:19 pm
The Danger of All The Isms...
In these challenging times, this limerick tries to capture the destructive force of all the "isms"—racism, antisemitism, extremism and others—shaping a world where security and peace seem ever more distant. By highlighting the deep-rooted nature of these hatreds, it emphasises how they threaten our safety and undermine the unity we desperately need. A call to action against intolerance, this piece...
Monday 11th November 2024 12:07 pm
Voices For The Just
The tide is rising with corrosive lies,
Where ignorance and rage entwine in dark disguise.
Unmoored from truth, they shout and blind the mind,
And reason, silenced, falters, left behind.
Young hearts, unshielded, gripped by twisted creed,
Through platforms pulsing with a poisoned feed,
Fall prey to rhetoric of scorn and spite,
As venom fills the streams and taints the nig...
Sunday 27th October 2024 4:31 pm
Recent Comments
Red Brick Keshner on "streambound"
2 hours ago
Red Brick Keshner on "where is my oyster?"
2 hours ago
Stephen Gospage on (Half-) Baked Alaska
2 hours ago
Stephen Gospage on Golden Days In the Eternal City – Rome
2 hours ago
Graham Sherwood on His Majesty’s Stay Out of Hell Cards: “Divine Right” and “Convention”
4 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on Farewell, Your MAGAsty!
6 hours ago
Rolph David on There Was a Blind Man...............
7 hours ago
Rolph David on Where is THIS Jerusalem?
7 hours ago
Rolph David on Where is THIS Jerusalem?
7 hours ago
Rolph David on Where is THIS Jerusalem?
7 hours ago