I saw a man in chains once. A boat barely afloat on some remote shore; a man who spoke about it and found himself lost for speech, crossed, impeached, his self-seeing this broken boat with men on the decks bedecked in chains and pain on their faces. The feeling seeing it was something new, a…
Poetry
How to Make a Poet by Tim Dubbelman
Step 1: take a human, Young, new, a blank slate, And stuff him with: Words Letters Beauty Light Happiness Hope And the knowledge that they can be what they want to be. Step 2: mix with other humans. Allow a few years to mingle, Make friends Gain LIFE EXPERIENCE Let them learn that words…
Gin and Tonic by Ebony Ashantai
The women want “rights” while the soldiers go to fight but I just want my Gin and Tonic Every minute there’s a siren “Bang!” another life’s gone but I just want my Gin and Tonic Survival of the fittest who’s next on the hit-list? I just want my Gin and Tonic Then a bomb suddenly…
White Cliff Country by Harry Wilson
In town your time is tied between childcare and intoxication. It becomes more kids, more coke, broken bottles on chip shop steps. Before you vote blue, to keep out the real threat to community, in front of the Prince Albert, crown and sceptre, slurring philosophy into ignorance. At the port you swipe on and…