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 # 9 by Luis A. Estable
- Thoughts. by Walt Whitman
- The Inn Of Earth by Sara Teasdale
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Маша
- His Bargain by William Butler Yeats
- Владимир Степанов – Гусь и цыплёнок
- A Fragment poem – Alfred Austin
- I Thank You, Mum by Raj Napal
- A prayer to the Wind by Thomas Carew
- Альфред Теннисон – Годива
- The Kiss by Rabindranath Tagore
- To Ireland poem – Alfred Austin
- Владимир Корнилов – Державинское
- The King by Michael Yuan
- In Uncertainty To A Lady
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