Ilmi Umerov
Mikhail Bulgakov couldn’t have made it up
Ilmi Umerov the former vice premier of Crimea
The leader of the Crimean Tartars
Committed to a psychiatric institution
For expressing his concerns
He suffers diabetes
A heart condition and Parkinsons
So withdraw medication.
Seems sensible.
And so we await
the appearance of The Master
And of strange happenings that suggest
That evil may be taking charge of reality
The return of the magician,
Of Koroviev,
That black cat Behemoth,
Azazello and Abadonna,
Not to forget the witch Hella.
No that would stretch the imagination
A stretch too far
Russia is up to date
A modern society
There is no room for Satan
Superstition or evil
Such things could not happen
In Putin’s modern Russia.
RAC
Snow falling in mist
Hush of snow
The hush of a heavy fall
Of snow drifts
And grey mists
Mould the hills above us.
A prayer for the return of the seasons.
RAC
Hail
Hail My hands know the sadness of rock, of unfinished lines and rough sides tapering to sharpness. The shape of solitude, turning. Now the stones fall as water, a woman lets down her hair and laugh…
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.debate.
so much to talk about. the news is all debate this morning. yet. those words will not help folk in aleppo. you who watched live, was it even mentioned? aleppo bla…
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Frankensteen matters to me.
Frankensteen matters to me.
Lowes 570 Second Avenue
A dollar cinema
All day in air conditioning
A cinch for elderly citizens
The bill of the day
Young Frankensteen
Outside the air was green
An electric storm was brewing
In the darkness
I lay back and watched
Old people holding meetings
While the screen roared
With a Hollywood storm
Black and white lightning flashing
And that rumble of thunder
Outside same thing was happening
The two merged a sheet of rain
Fell from the ceiling
Sending old people scuttling up the aisles
Meanwhile Gene Wilder’s eyes
Wide open
Reflected the scene inside.
A tribute to a nice man.
RAC
Walls-Muriau
Walls
Muriau
Walls are like scars Some are easily seen
Some walls that are Invisible to you and me
Scars like walls almost Invisible even to the keen eyed
Some scars are like walls So easily seen
Then there are those walls Others like to build
To prevent themselves From seeing scars
From feeling
So we build high walls To protect ourselves
But protect us From what exactly
Ourselves? Everyone?
Them?
Us?
We?
Walls are like scars Some don’t want to see
Walls that block Out all feeling
Walls that stop Us becoming involved
Walls that need To come down
So that scars can heal And stop more harm
To ourselves. To everyone.
Them
Us
We.
Some scars never heal While there are walls
That stops us From healing.
Stop us from hearing Ourselves!
Stop us from seeing Ourselves!
Walls keep
Us
Apart
Emergency Exit by Des Mannay
Alone All one A loan All gone Allies Allay Always All lies All day Allot All done Alive All run All lost End it! “‘Emergency Exit’ is a poetic suicide note. The sparseness and rep…
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Lament for the girl of the Morning Sea by Rob Cullen
A premonition of merciful peace has emerged In the morning of this day. And as if in agreement Your hand opens to the waves. In a movement of gratitude, A moment of quiet acceptance. I have heard y…
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