Poems About Agnes Torok by Top Critiquers

Perhaps as I’ve gotten older
And have seen what the world can offer,
I’ve been a little more optimistic in life,
Not just for myself, but especially those surrounding me.
By pushing myself to be more positive,
My enthusiasm can probably become contagious (viral if you will)
So that more and more people can begin to see the brighter side of things.

By changing my thinking,
I know I can become a better man,
A better father,
Son,
Brother,
Poet,
I can improve in so many areas in my personal life and career,
My actions...

( after Agnes Török )
   
Justice:    
   or the thought thereof—    
       its very existence    
   an experience of hope—    
   
   that thing    
       you almost forgot    
   while suffering    
      its grave counterpart;    
   
so liberating its truth    
  you are almost too afraid    
  to accept    
    it is what you deserve—      
   
it’s fairies    
sending you to sleep    
         with dreams again;      
   
a prodigal son    
being...

Normality…

Is a poison chalice
For everyone
But you already know
What I mean

Everything put in neat little boxes
Stacked up laid out
With their labels

The beauty of the world is lost
Nature forgotten under concrete and steel
Little ants constructing a bland society

Anything that breaks out of the constraints
Considered dangerous
A disease to eradicate

Normality…

Is a poison chalice
For everyone
But you already know
What I mean

Those...

The so-called “Defence” Industry is a $1.8Trillion Dollar Industry.
Did you clock that?
1.8 trillion dollar’s worth of activity hell bent on destruction:
infrastructure, governments, agriculture, people’s houses, jobs.
Jobs? Don’t those in favour of the so-called “Defence Industry”
keep reminding us how many jobs are provided by the …  
… well let’s call a spade a spade … by the War Industry?
Have you ever thought how many jobs are destroyed by the War Industry,
how many livelihoods, self-employed, small-time farmers, shop-owners
small...

It is okay for those tears to slip and slide down
Your face. It is okay to take off your mask, to
Take down your hair or to remove your crown

Completely because the truth confronting you
And all of us head on is something we cannot
Avoid for the long run. We shed light on a slew

Of feelings that we try to swerve. We fought
Tooth and nail against the darkness with our
Vulnerabilities still intact. Others talk or plot

Only in the easy times, but in that dark hour
When we feel the most alone and scared of
All the...