Showing posts with label blitz poem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blitz poem. Show all posts

Sunday, 14 October 2018

Same, but Choose

If I were God I'd change the world 
If I were the devil I'd keep it the same
Same time same station
Same old boys club
Club a baby seal
Club girls are easy prey
Prey just to make it today
Prey hide or run
Run through the jungle
Run down run around Sue
Sue if the victim wants to be on trial
Sue Storm's super smart but invisible
Invisible at promotion time
Invisible scars every woman has some
Some men tell you stay in your place
Some men tell you what to think
Think a nice guy won't try
Think before you leave alone to go home
Home is where you go to be safe
Home can be a trap too
Too little too late
Too legit to quit
Quit your playing around
Quit your wicked ways 
Ways and means statute
Ways that used to work work no more
No more excuses
No more place to hide
Hide behind the office 
Hide behind the church 
Church is supposed to be sanctuary
Church breeds and covers for abusers
Abusers that smile and shake hands
Abusers that think that think it's their right
Right wing policies promote patriarchy 
Right now let's start
Start to speak out
Start to respect start to recognize
Recognize the patterns
Recognize the danger 
Danger danger Will Robinson
Danger mice danger men
Men that don't see the toxicity of humor
Men have done harm but not all
All men lust objectify and want to
All men every day have to try to choose 
Choose not to act to speak to think like men
Choose to be honest to be real
Real 
Men


Saturday, 6 October 2018

Sing your song

This poem is inspired by feelings stirred up by a documentary called 'Harry Belefonte: Sing your Song.' While it was a wonderful depiction of roots and rise to fame with footage and performances its purpose was to show how race and racism were wound throughout his story. I think relentless, fearless, lifelong activism is his true talent. Despite being denied, he would not be denied while still grinning ear to ear.

Sing your song
Sing it loud
Loud and long
Loud and proud
Proud young cannibals
Proud Mary burning
Burning crosses
Crosses and noughts 
Crosses my mind 
Mind your manners, boy
Mind your place
Place your toe over the line
Place in this world
World peace council
World without end
End apartheid 
End hunger
Hunger for freedom
Hunger games
Games and puzzles
Games people play 
Play boy but don't eat with us
Play station
Station wagon
Station in life
Life is precious 
Life is love 
Love is love is love
Love line
Line up shoulder to shoulder 
Line forms in the back
Back door for y'all
Back in black
Black lives matter 
Black hole star
Star of the show
Star of wonder 
Wonder why  Sammy and Louis 
Wonder why Bellefonte and Ray
Ray of sunshine
Ray of hope
Hope beyond hope
Hope the word gets from ears to hearts
Hearts have to change 
Hearts forgive but always remember 
Remember history again
Remember rising singing, 'NEVER
NEVER
AGAN'




Sunday, 8 October 2017

Step back

Don't cross the line
Don't cross the mob
Mob mentality 
Mob rules 
Rules made to bent
Rules made to broken
Broken Arrow 
Broken promises 
Promises promises 
Promises are hard to keep
Keep on trucking
Keep on the sunny side
Side piece 
Side effects may occur
Occur too often
Occur at random
Random acts of violence 
Random acts of kindness 
Kindness matters
Kindness always pays
Pays for your sins
Pays to confess
Confess it's good for the soul
Confess we have ways of making you talk
Talk of the town
Talk is cheap
Cheap thrills
Cheap shots
Shots across the bow
Shots in the behind
Behind on your bills
Behind the shed
Shed your inhibitions
Shed your skin
Skin on skin contact
Skin is only skin deep
Deep thoughts
Deep end of the pool
Pool your resources
Pool party
Party politics
Party till you drop
Drop out of orbit 
Drop me a line
Line up at the step
Line up front to back
Step
Back