Many thanks to Indolent Books for publishing my poem, Beautiful Children as part of their What Rough Beasts series. The poem was written in response to our fearless leader’s statement that he bombed Syria because of the alleged chemical weapons attacks on “beautiful children”. If saving beautiful children is our litmus test for bombing attacks, we might want to start at home. Read the poem.
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New Poem–The Breakdown Of All Things
Many thanks to Indolent Books for including my poem, The Breakdown Of All Things, in their What Rough Beast series.
The poem begins,
Priests of old gods tell us
that we need a moral compass,
You can read the rest of it here.
New Poem: Patriotism Reconsidered
Many thanks to Indolent Books for publishing my poem, Patriotism Reconsidered as part of their Transition Poems project in response to the election. This is how it starts:
My anthem is the serenade of birds…
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