A Floral Gift From Indecency manifest A screaming silence fills the dust-choked air As shocked countenance stares from one to the ether, The whispers held in hearts plead with Fate, its cruel design Distorting the innocent beauty inherent in those not here long, Or long enough, as ruptured tomorrows lie vacant and still. The terrifyingly […]
This piece of verse from resident poet, A.D. is formed in the Extract Poetry style. In this method, the verse is shaped to seem as if it is an excerpt taken from a larger piece of writing. The ellipsis is often used at the beginning, middle or end. Status Report … and the meek will […]
Paying Lip Service to Decency Superficial democracy, Specious freedoms, Packaged in materialism And wrapped in choking ribbons Of accumulating debt; Presented to a gullible populace Blinded by sinister concessions To the worst excesses Of the Human Condition. […]
The Free Market Without Food The Capitalist’s plump paws pinched his purse tightly as he looked at me, forlorn. I’m well-fed but hollow, he said, But I can’t stop what I am. And the greasy tears swept down His shiny bloated face And the insatiable desires gripped fiercely As he shuddered violently And shook […]
Breasts of Waste Quietly steal among the skips and breasts of waste to greet the moral cognoscenti who hide from wretched truth their place copper-fastened in a species drunk on self-centred obsession fucked with selfish desires and masturbatory ambition wilfully ignorant as society steals decency and makes haste to fill the skips the residence of […]
This piece of verse, shown on the caption, has been provided by the Socialist Irish poet, ‘A.D.’, and speaks of the strength of the working classes as they battle to preserve their dignity and freedom in the face of that scourge of all humanity, Capitalism. Here is an updated version; Working Class Creed No specious […]
Acrostic poems are those whereby the first letter, or word, of the poem spells out a word or message. This one is for the courageous people of Palestine.
Rebel Voice 