By Freda McEwen . . . Chaos, fear, conspiracy and uncertainty The overwhelming chill of the unknown The fear of being attacked by the unknown The evidence overtook common sense The speculation, secrets, suspicions were more evidential than the evidence Impossible to reason with reason as there is no reason People held at ransom Imprisoned by safety and forced to […]
By Gaby Charing . . . I already have my death booked. After living for seven years with bowel cancer, I’m no longer having treatment. An end-of-life care package is a phone call away. I’m just stopped at the lights. Death doesn’t frighten me. I’m past all that. You, by contrast, weren’t expecting this. Yes, anyone can be cut down […]
By Michael McCarthy, Dublin . . . Two weeks in As the storm of micro cosmic entities hits The shores of our consciousness As a surge of feeling free From what I don’t know Makes me feel an excitement Not felt since childhood summer holidays Nothing to do And all day to do it A pandora box of unshackled imaginings […]
Jean Binta Breeze 1956 - 2021
Dub Poet
I want to make words
music
move beyond language
into sound
(From The Garden Path)
