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
- The Shepherd, Looking Eastward, Softly Said by William Wordsworth
- Sonnet CXVII by William Shakespeare
- Robert Burns: Thanksgiving For A National Victory:
- How to Die by Siegfried Sassoon
- In Plaster by Sylvia Plath
- blessing for sound health by matthew scott harris
- See, how I love you by Vinko Kalinić
- Владимир Высоцкий – Долго же шёл ты, в конверте листок
- Kitchener’s School by Rudyard Kipling
- Нина Воронель – Вечная мерзлота
- The Seven Sages by William Butler Yeats
- Mutation by William Cullen Bryant
- Second Poem by Peter Orlovsky
- Never Give All The Heart by William Butler Yeats
- Sonnet 50: How heavy do I journey on the way by William Shakespeare
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