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
- That Shadow, my Likeness. by Walt Whitman
- The Example by William Henry Davies
- Sonnet 14 poem – John Milton poems
- Lifetime Of Death by Steve Sant
- Paper Boats by Rabindranath Tagore
- OPTIONS by Satish Verma
- Where Lies The Land To Which Yon Ship Must Go? by William Wordsworth
- Владимир Корнилов – Суворов
- A Poem
- The Rape of the Lock: Canto 5 poem – Alexander Pope
- Ольга Седакова – Из песни Данте
- Олег Чупров – Вечером поздним потянет к Печоре
- The Way by Robert Creeley
- Lines Inscribed in a Lady’s Pocket Almanack by Robert Burns
- Since There Is No Escape by Sara Teasdale
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Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
