The End of the Argument
by Martina Reisz Newberry
Adam’s torso, it is said, was made from earth
taken from Babylonia. That may be,
but it’s all-fall-down time there now; it’s watch-out-
the-sky’s-on-fire time. The burquas are burning,
Ogals and gutrahs are birds escaping flames,
escaping smoke and gunfire. Kaffiyeh fly
as well, but not far. Ezekiel’s fire would
be a tender release compared to this
vestibule of pain. I watch humankind’s coil
unravel. War turns us to confetti,
rain on a dismal parade. The proud Duranni Empire is ash
and shadow. Our restoration promises
reek of braised flesh and singed hair.
The Quran spells out equality. I think it means that all
sweet souls, gender aside, may die the same deaths.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Ballade Of Queen Anne poem – Andrew Lang poems
- At The Lattice poem – Alfred Austin
- Николай Языков – Е. А. Тимашевой (Молодая ученица)
- Николай Тихонов – Ленинград
- If you love the life by Vinko Kalinić
- Parliament Hill Fields by Sylvia Plath
- Иван Козлов – Умирающая Эрменгарда
- Night Shift by Sylvia Plath
- Джон Китс – Девчонка из Девона
- us_two_by_a_a_milne.html
- Overnight at the Riverside Tower by Tu Fu
- Sonnet CLIV by William Shakespeare
- Sancta Maria, Succurre Miseris poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- What Was Lost by William Butler Yeats
- Николай Огарев – Осеннее чувство
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