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
- Exodus Of The Heart by Wilmer Escovar
- By Garpal Stream by Stanley Wilkin
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Развалины
- Ольга Седакова – Баллада
- Sweet Dancer by William Butler Yeats
- Love Equals Insanity by Talha Jafri
- Eloisa to Abelard poem – Alexander Pope
- The Blessed Virgin Compared To The Air We Breathe poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Day’s End by Tu Fu
- Misery And Splendor by Robert Hass
- Sonnet 78: So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse by William Shakespeare
- A Crazed Girl by William Butler Yeats
- Weak by Tanisha Avarsekar
- Summer by Luther Seahand
- His Holiness the Abbot by Yosa Buson
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Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
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