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
- Robert Burns: On The Death Of Robert Dundas, Esq., Of Arniston,: Late Lord President of the Court of Session.
- The Loving Ballad Of Lord Bateman poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Exiles by Marilyn Hacker
- Огюст Барбье – Васильки
- Torn Shades by Thomas Lux
- Since We Must Die poem – Alfred Austin
- Владимир Высоцкий – Солдат и привидение
- Song—The Fall of the Leaf by Robert Burns
- Николай Гумилев – Когда спокойно так и равнодушно мы
- O Living Always—Always Dying. by Walt Whitman
- Teignmouth: “Some Doggerel,” Sent In A Letter To B. R. Haydon poem – John Keats poems
- A Winter Ride poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- George and Sarah Green by William Wordsworth
- Beyond the Moon by Vachel Lindsay
- A Fairy Tale poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
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