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
- Sonnet Iv
- Ольга Высотская – Волны
- The Princess (part 6) poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- A Stick Of Incense by William Butler Yeats
- Landscapes poem – Andree Chedid poems | Poems and Poetry
- Cambridge in the Long poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- The River by Sara Teasdale
- Song of the Broad-Axe. by Walt Whitman
- Above the Battle’s Front by Vachel Lindsay
- A Wicker Basket by Robert Creeley
- London in July poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Гроза
- Gangrene by Philip Levine
- Владимир Британишский – Огонь
- a walk in the forest by Raj Arumugam
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