A child standing atop a dolmen

Between the Fires: verses of earth and moon

poems by Zephyra

Politics

  • Palestine Action

    People being massacred in Palestine But I’m Not allowed to speak out To ask why To sit down near a railing Holding a sign I can’t criticise Israel For that would be seen As being anti Jew Anti you What Hamas did was utterly apalling  Innocent people killed without warning Sons and daughters Brothers and… Read more

  • Rant

    I’ll tell you why I beat my drum Walk down the street to the rhythm of the beat Feel the earth beneath my feet I’m alive and have my health I’m safe and I have wealth But I’m full of fire and angry rage Mostly keep that in a cage But when I don’t It’s… Read more

  • Vote today

    Why do you say you don’t go to vote Cos it’s not your thing Don’t float your boat So you leave it to us the baby boomers Even though you believe the rumours That we killed the planet with our endless flying Didn’t get the planet was dying And our pensions gift wrapped in gold… Read more

  • To Putin and Netanyahu

    What are you fighting for? Will the winner take it all? Will it be enough to be hated? Your killing others For the sake of your country Won’t win you love These are your people Who want peace Imagine your glory If you were the architect of that peace If you made a world where… Read more

  • What the fu** is capitalism

    Vaping was a way To make nicotine safer But now they make it pretty In a sherbet lemon flavour And get kids started early Attracted by the glamour Addicted to the evil weed But still for it they clamour Capitalists fill their kitty By making it look pretty So that’s the nitty gritty Of this… Read more

  • Bye bye

    Farewella Suella Cruella Not puppies, but people YOU treat them the same I’m a human, With a story, No glory, And I live in in a tent, And I can’t pay rent, My life is spent, Because you don’t care About me over there I matter too As MUCH as you I AM A BRAVER… Read more

  • Farewell, so long

    Randy Yeti or lying toad Bojo Blowjo it’s the end of the road Brexit done, tick? What the fuck? It’s a pile of muck Covid champions? Out of lockdown first? But we did worst People died Don’t you care Families bereft everywhere Climate crisis Fuel crisis Food crisis NHS crisis Tory glory? That’s not the… Read more

  • Injustice

    Rishi I am fuming That your own wife Can pay £30000 Not to pay tax She alone Could fund the tax rise That you have Foisted on the ordinary people Oh and she’s not alone Money for the rich Stealing from the poor Has the revolution started yet? Or do people still not get it… Read more