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
- After Apple-Picking by Robert Frost
- Rubber Souls poem – Andrei Voznesensky poems
- All The Time In The World by Shel Silverstein
- The Unchanging by Sara Teasdale
- Sonnet Xiii
- Wherever You Go, There You Are by Ryssel Guzman
- Tarrant Moss by Rudyard Kipling
- To A Lady On The Death Of Her Husband by Phillis Wheatley
- A Plain Life by William Henry Davies
- Владимир Британишский – В болотах севера Евразии
- Алексей Плещеев – По чувствам братья мы с тобой
- “Brook! Whose Society The Poet Seeks” by William Wordsworth
- Николай Некрасов – Великодушный поступок
- The Gardener LXXIX: I Often Wonder by Rabindranath Tagore
- Sonnet 14: Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck by William Shakespeare
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