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
- Under the Greenwood Tree by William Shakespeare
- To Foreign Lands. by Walt Whitman
- Владимир Гиляровский – Чем дальше в море
- The Quest by W H Auden
- Наум Коржавин – Ленинград
- In the Nower poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Room by Mark Strand
- Ольга Ермолаева – Будет весь день долбить
- Continual Conversation With A Silent Man by Wallace Stevens
- Василий Курочкин – На погребение бедового критика
- Seashore by Rabindranath Tagore
- Владимир Британишский – Добравшись до водораздела
- Poor Fisherman
- Олег Бундур – Вечером
- Sonnet 08
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