Submissions by Josh (Joshua Bond)

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
SELF POEM
Published
7th Mar 2023 4:17pm

Story Behind

Story Behind
 #LifeStruggles   #spiritual 
 #LifeCycle   #SelfReflection 
344 reads
10 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Mar 2023 7:41pm

Sonnet Nr.02 — Cricket-Football-Rugby

Sonnet Nr.02 — Cricket-Football-Rugby
 #money   #sports 
 #culture   #tradition 
487 reads
15 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Jan 2023 9:08pm

Haiku/Senryu, Nr.10 — Strange Concept

Destroy the planet.  
Replace with promises of  
new technology.  
 
 #technology   #war   #science   #environment   #nature 
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308 reads
18 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
14th Dec 2022 2:46pm

CULTURAL CHANGE, Nr.1

CULTURAL CHANGE, Nr.1
 #women   #men   #relationships   #historical   #scifi 
422 reads
14 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Oct 2022 10:11pm

Haiku/Senryu, Nr.09 — History Repeat

Tower of Babel  
is being built. The language
is technology.
 #power   #technology   #religion   #senryu   #historical 
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482 reads
14 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Sep 2022 10:37am

Villanelle Nr.23 — Reviewing the Queen and Us

Villanelle Nr.23 — Reviewing the Queen and Us
 #oppression   #politics   #money   #HumanRights   #inequality 
402 reads
13 Comments
Josh
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Sep 2022 11:57pm

Terzanelle Nr.06 — Floating Ark

Terzanelle Nr.06 — Floating Ark
 #spiritual   #rhyming   #TruthOfLife   #SelfReflection   #redemption 
403 reads
10 Comments
Josh
SELF POEM
Published
23rd Aug 2022 10:01pm

Further

Further
 #inspirational   #TruthOfLife   #LifeChangingMoment   #SelfReflection   #philosophical 
526 reads
13 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
26th May 2022 11:20pm

Haiku/Senryu, Nr.08 — 1950s Nuclear Technology Promise

Electricity
so cheap, won’t even be worth
billing you for it.
 #technology   #politics 
 #TruthOfLife   #historical 
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396 reads
10 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th May 2022 9:41pm

Haiku/Senryu, Nr.07 — 2020-2030

The scaffolding will
come down but a frightening
wall will have been built.
 
 #politics   #TruthOfLife 
 #senryu   #historical 
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327 reads
10 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
24th Apr 2022 8:09am

Villanelle Nr.22 — Languaridge Connspinnery

Villanelle Nr.22 — Languaridge Connspinnery
 #politics   #apocalypse   #PowerOfWords   #nonfiction   #NaPoWriMo2022 
423 reads
8 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Apr 2022 9:55pm

Villanelle Nr.21 — Advice to a Budding Tyrant

Villanelle Nr.21 — Advice to a Budding Tyrant
 #corruption   #violence   #politics   #rhyming   #TruthOfLife 
530 reads
11 Comments
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