Submissions by Josh

POEMS AND SHORT STORIES

Poet Introduction I write mainly poetry for the inner journey. I also have a feisty side-line of writing poetic commentaries on the war industry and politics & culture. "When power corrupts, poetry cleanses" (JFK, Oct 1963)

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Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
28th Jul 2020 1:44pm

Gogyoshi Poem Nr.04 -- Cold Wind Blows Hot

A split in the winter curtain
where wind slips in from ill-fitting windows
rustling papers, lifting corners of writing-pads
scribing archetypal messages:
despite your technologies, I am here to stay.


 #technology   #nature   #evolution   #philosophical   #TedHughes 
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64 reads
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Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Jul 2020 10:24pm

Gogyoshi Poem Nr.03 -- Undiscovered Roses

Star petals litter the ground
like exhausted angels and homeless people,
their avant-garde beauty reduced
to the boiled purity of an impassioned plea:
don’t cut me with anything less than perfect.


 #dreams   #LifeStruggles 
 #HumanRights   #EdnaStVincentMillay 
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85 reads
6 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Jul 2020 11:22pm

Anomaly

The War Industry:
linked to deaths time after time.
Never yet locked down.


 #politics   #war   #haiku   #TruthOfLife   #pandemic 
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77 reads
12 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Jun 2020 9:25pm

From Genesis to Current Affairs

From Genesis to Current Affairs
 #war   #religion   #humankind   #apocalypse   #historical 
131 reads
18 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Jun 2020 6:58pm

After George Floyd

Forever topped up
by the tears of history
the well-spring gushes.


 #politics   #haiku 
 #HumanRights   #historical 
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136 reads
17 Comments
Josh
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
28th May 2020 10:37pm

Dogged Grace

Dogged Grace
 #animals   #MovingOn   #acceptance 
117 reads
25 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th May 2020 10:00pm

Gogyoshi Poem Nr.02 -- Suffer Not ...

Gogyoshi Poem Nr.02 -- Suffer Not ...
 #identity   #humankind 
 #SelfReflection   #philosophical 
127 reads
8 Comments
Josh
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
14th May 2020 9:43pm

On Poetic Forms - 8 (Heroic Verse: Theory & Practice)

On Poetic Forms - 8 (Heroic Verse: Theory & Practice)
 #WritingPoetry 
119 reads
11 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th May 2020 9:26pm

Born Free

Born Free
 #children   #family   #politics   #rebellion   #fatherhood 
153 reads
19 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
12th Apr 2020 11:46am

Whenever

Whenever
 #politics   #historical 
 #NaPoWriMo2020   #pandemic 
175 reads
19 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Mar 2020 11:01pm

Mrs Noah

Mrs Noah
 #relationships   #religion 
 #historical   #CarolAnnDuffy 
189 reads
17 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
5th Mar 2020 10:39pm

Gassing Beliefs at the Pedestrian Crossing

Gassing Beliefs at the Pedestrian Crossing
 #politics   #religion   #HumanRights   #historical   #YehudaAmichai 
202 reads
22 Comments
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