war crimes
I woke up this morning to horror stories of slain civilians and empty rhetoric. This poem is about that. war crimes by susan © 2022 war crimes blackened streets…
war zones
This painting by fine artist and FB friend Don Bruner captured my attention. The subject is the downtown Almonte, Ontario, Canada, the small community in which we both live….
space invaders
The name of this poem is inspired by a 1978 video game (screen shot above) in which “the goal is to defeat wave after wave of descending aliens with…
battle stations
We are becoming polarized, divided and disconnected to the point that we seem completely unable to hear each other. It’s sad. This poem is about that. battle stations by…
ptsd: a poem written in 2017 that still applies in 2020
ptsd © 2017 punkie Listen here (and/or read below): ptsd © 2017 punkie i cry as the sun sets i weep at its rise the least little…
the easter parade
easter parade ©2017 punkie http://casite-801723.cloudaccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Easter-parade.mp3 spending easter on my keister contemplating life the ups, and downs, merry-go-rounds of which each day is rife what for I wonder...
home sweet Homs no longer
Drones are sometimes used for bombing. They’re also used for taking pictures and videos.
a nursery rhyme for violent times
hack and kill a poem by punkie Hack and Kill went up the hill To see whom they might slaughter. Just for kicks they fired their…
wreck the halls and fa la la la la for a world gone mad
I’m really tired. We’re all really tired. “We” being the vast majority of people worldwide who are fed up with the violence, torture and killing a small crazy…
48 pictures of the wall between Israel and Palestine
I visited Ramallah in Occupied Palestine’s West Bank in spring 2011 to attend a TEDx conference. Getting there overland was onerous and I spent six hours at the border crossing where…