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
- Fragment of Song—The Night was Still by Robert Burns
- Tin Fish by Rudyard Kipling
- His Holiness the Abbot by Yosa Buson
- Guilt poem – John Betjeman poems | Poems and Poetry
- The house where I was born (08) by Yves Bonnefoy
- A Grey Day by William Vaughn Moody
- Нина Воронель – Харьков
- Messalina poem – Alfred Austin
- A Magic Moment I Remember poem – Alexander Pushkin
- A Servant to Servants by Robert Frost
- Владимир Маяковский – О патриархе Тихоне
- The Grammar Lesson by Steve Kowit
- Валерий Брюсов – Дождь перед ночью
- English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 41. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
- La Vita Nuova by Weldon Kees
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