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
- A Cradle Song by William Butler Yeats
- Lover’s Gifts VIII: There Is Room for You by Rabindranath Tagore
- Владимир Британишский – О чем размышляют
- One Viceroy Resigns by Rudyard Kipling
- Ode. Written On The Blank Page Before Beaumont And Fletcher’s Tragi-Comedy ‘The Fair Maid Of The In poem – John Keats poems
- On Late Acquired Wealth (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- It Is Not A Word by Sara Teasdale
- Степан Щипачев – Шар земной
- Sonnet LXIII by William Shakespeare
- Breathing Stars, Inspiration and the Labyrinth of Correspondence
- Tractor by Ted Hughes
- Olney Hymn 38: Looking Upwards In A Storm by William Cowper
- Hughley Steeple poem – A. E. Housman
- First Poem by Peter Orlovsky
- The Dree Woaks by William Barnes
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