BlogHide Resteemsjpquinton (25)in poetry • 7 years agoPoem for the Men on Manus #6 (original)The message from Dutton, the ex-cop About those refugees that shop: The boats have stopped The boats have stopped. Says the first fleet to the second fleet — Fuck off we’re full your breath…jpquinton (25)in manus • 7 years agoPoem for the Men on Manus #5 (original)In two rows the prisoners sit in sodden Tropical grass, full lotus, waist deep With equidistant poles before them, Today my leaders removed the barbed wire, the mesh And tomorrow the buildings…jpquinton (25)in poetry • 7 years agoPoem for the Men on Manus #4 (original)I heard my leaders screaming Get in line , yet lines move, metamorphise Like government offices maturing, Losing their puppy fat, forgoing the rules. Four years locked up for ‘queue jumping’…jpquinton (25)in poetry • 7 years agoPoem for the Men on Manus #3 (original)At the Brass Monkey, men drown their sorrows While the men on Manus drown in death, They hold their hands above their heads And cross their forearms, and cross their legs One man holds a…jpquinton (25)in poetry • 7 years agoPoem for Men on Manus Island #2 (original)If luck decides your freedom and safety Luck also decides your food and water Your lights and airs, luck decides Your ability to take these needs for granted. Plastic numbered balls in a globe…jpquinton (25)in poetry • 7 years agoPoem for the Men on Manus Island (original)I want my anger to be true And my reading manifest in solid predictions: Our corrupt, inhumane leaders will topple. But my leaders are killing innocent men on Manus. Our leaders inform our…jpquinton (25)in poetry • 7 years agoField Inversion Haiku (original)All of the vases Struggle to keep the flowers — So we invent fields.
