She said, “I’m tired of the war,
I want the kind of work I had before,
a wedding dress or something white
to wear upon my swollen appetite.”
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: history, Leonard Cohen, love poetry, politics, religion, song lyrics, unsettling
- Published:
- April 6, 2011 – 08:00
- Author:
- By Madhu
Life’s one big disaster,
I hear the sound of laughter
Coming from the hereafter…
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: defiance, fate, life, Martin Walkyier, religion, Skyclad, song lyrics
- Published:
- April 2, 2011 – 08:00
- Author:
- By Madhu
Yet Do I Marvel 0
I doubt not God is good, well-meaning, kind,
And did He stoop to quibble could tell why
The little buried mole continues blind…
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: Countee Cullen, race, religion, social commentary, sonnet