Posted on November 15th, 2012 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet 12th of November Too many flags Too many wreaths flying and furled circles and sheaths symbols of power and Babel’s tower Too many widows Too much unsolaced grief Too many pipes Too many drums militant skirl bellicose beat marching in lines laying down mines Too wedded to war To demand that peace […]
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Posted on December 20th, 2011 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Freedom Caged, confined, the eagle cried for his lost freedom of the skies and as he grieved his spirit died resignation in his eyes
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Posted on December 17th, 2011 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Depression Life was going swimmingly when a sudden current surged, and swept me out to sea. I watched the land and all so dear to me, recede into the distance as I struggled just to be. Against a dark unfathomed sea I thrashed about and battled but couldn’t struggle free. Exhausted, I just […]
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Posted on November 13th, 2011 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet To the tune of Buffy Sainte Marie’s song – Universal Soldier The Universal Trader He wears pinstripe suits and shiny shiny shoes He deals in death for all and every cause He sells to everyone, there’s no one cannot buy He’s supplier to a thousand wars He sells to Muslims […]
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Posted on November 12th, 2011 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Upon a Lifting Breeze I will soar Upon a lifting breeze In sunset’s fading light I shall find my ease Do not weep for me Nor regret my passing day My love lives on in you You now will find my way My spirit lives Within the gentle rain That slakes the […]
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Posted on November 9th, 2011 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Native American – Indian – spiritual beliefs unlike say the Abrahamic religions, are spatial not temporal; communitarian not individualistic. This does not try to be an ‘Indian’ poem – that would be silly. But it does try to express a deep empathy towards the spirit of these ideas and the culture that struggles […]
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Posted on November 8th, 2011 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet For those without religious belief who gave their lives and those who mourn them. If There Is No Eden If there is no Eden no paradise to be where shall rest the solace that sets our grieving free No hymns of praise console us still less serried bands the pomp and circumstance […]
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Posted on November 7th, 2011 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Eternity Eternity seen as endless time leaves life’s mystery untouched A sentence with no point a story with no end a journey with no arrival a life with no youth or age knowledge with no wisdom beauty with no rebirth and love without its deepest power of loss Death is part of the […]
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Posted on September 20th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet For those without religious belief who gave their lives and those who mourn them. If There Is No Eden If there is no Eden no paradise to be where shall rest the solace that sets our grieving free No hymns of praise console us still less serried bands the pomp and circumstance of mourning […]
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Posted on September 7th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
TweetThe London Bombings 7th July 2005 This was posted in the week of the London bombings (7/7 2005) on www.writewords.org.uk a writers’ web site I belong to. Many poems had been posted that week trying to express the inexpressible anger and grief we all felt – hence the remarks below written with respect: “Like the […]
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