Social commentary

 

It can’t be a coincidence

That the leavers

Are global warming deniers

And believe the earth is flat

So that’s the appeal

To reject experts advice

Fit facts to beliefs

Reject anything

Inconvenient

That somehow doesn’t fit

Into your flat world

So out with the new

And back with the old

Meanwhile the earth burns.

 

RAC

A hidden stream runs deep

through the soil under this town.

There is the river, of course

churning through its channelled

constricted structured way.

But there is another web

of hidden streams

a ream of unwritten rivulets

that oozes in silence

beneath the stones and roadways

 

(excerpt from the poem “Fay”)

 

RAC

Breaking news

 

Stormy weather ahead

A gale blowing

And angry seas

The captains

left the bridge

in a sulk

the mutineers

want to steer

this listing hulk

but those men

have they integrity?

I didn’t vote

For silence

Or closed minds.

Breaking news!

No lifeboats

On this ship

At least

not for me

or you, or mine

I’ll not resign

For this fate

Anyone else

Up for a fight?

 

 

RAC

 

An election was won

on a lie

nobody would

hear the truth

the lie unchallenged

was used again

and left unchallenged

and another election won

came and went

the lie left

unchallenged

A referendum

thought up

as a wheeze

lets say

a ploy

to try to unite

a party

that will always

stay divided

a referendum

nobody wanted

and then guess what

the telling

of more lies

and hate

and people

heard what they wanted

one day I hope

we’ll wake up

and open our eyes.

 

RAC