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
- Анатолий Жигулин – Москва
- God’s Grandeur poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- St Patrick’s Day by Michael McGovern
- House For Sale by Vinita Agrawal
- The French Army In Russia, 1812-13 by William Wordsworth
- Низами Гянджеви – Расступился черный мускус
- Шекспир – Что, если бы я право заслужил – Сонет 125
- Sonnet 37: As a decrepit father takes delight by William Shakespeare
- His Phoenix by William Butler Yeats
- Reconciliation by William Butler Yeats
- Ольга Седакова – Ангел Реймса
- To The Royal Society
- Reply to the Threat of a Censorious Critic by Robert Burns
- What a beautiful world by Vladimir Marku
- Until You’ve Found Pain by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
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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).
