16 Sunday Apr 2017
Posted in NaPoWriMo17, Poetry, Political
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Alex Carr-Malcolm poet, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm Brexit, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm poetry, Brexit, poetry, political poetry, Worldly Winds poetry
Borders broken
Racist riptide
England exits
Xenophobic zeitgeist
Immigrants intimidated
Troubling times
Brexit 27.06.2016
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
Brexit First appeared in The Fat Damsel (Damsels Against Leave)
https://thefatdamsel.wordpress.com/alex-carr-malcolm/
15 Saturday Apr 2017
Posted in Anger, NaPoWriMo17, Poetry, Political
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Alex Carr-Malcolm poet, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm Left Behind, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm poetry, capitalism, disability cuts, DLA cuts, Homelessness, Left Behind, poetry, Worldly Winds poetry
You sit and you smug
with your jury and judge,
do’s, don’ts, and should,
with a privileged view
and a principled coup;
but what do you know,
and what will you gain –
it’s all a big show,
a capitalist game.
Left Behind by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
2016
08 Friday May 2015
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Alex Carr-Malcolm poet, Alex Carr-Malcolm poetry, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, capitalism, poetry, Poetry 2015 election, political, politics, Tories, UK poet, Uk poetry, writing, Yorkshire poet
In light of the political disappointment today, I thought I’d share this poem again. I can’t begin to express my disappointment that we have to endure another five years of austerity cuts which seem to hit the most vulnerable people in society. Only hours after the results the DWP announce that ATW for the disabled will be severely cut.
The Old Gunner
Last one to go down
Fighting hard
A shooting star
Bucks the trend
Yet to what end?
Keep your feet to the fire
Squash the poor man down
Loopholes and promises
It’s gunner change
It’s gunner end
Taxing the senses
Try hard to pretend
Banking your pence’s
And yet to what end?
Ground moonbeams roasted
And fed to the masses
Who don’t ask questions
Morals and molasses
Standoff at Dodge City
Ten paces at dawn
Ethical genocide
Battle lines drawn
Highway robbery
Caffeine snobbery
Dead man’s boots
Amazonian roots
The Old Gunner
Last one to go down
Fighting hard
A shooting star
Bucks the trend
Yet to what end?
© The Old Gunner 21.02.2013
By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
Picture Credit:Cowboy (Photo credit: Kevin Zollman)
04 Thursday Apr 2013
Posted in Daily life, Death, Poetry, Political
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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, celebrity, cynicism, ethics, integrity, morals, poetry, Uk poetry, worship, Yorkshire poet
Jaded mirror
reflecting death
of a conscience
rotting moral fibre
hair shirt decayed
and frayed
at the edges of society
jaundiced cynicism?
Constructive criticism
worships at the altar
of Celebrity.
© Jaundiced Outlook 04.04.2013
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
21 Thursday Feb 2013
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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, class system, class war, gunner, poetry, tax, tax avoidance, UK poet, Yorkshire accent, Yorkshire poet
The Old Gunner
Last one to go down
Fighting hard
A shooting star
Bucks the trend
Yet to what end?
Keep your feet to the fire
Squash the poor man down
Loopholes and promises
It’s gunner change
It’s gunner end
Taxing the senses
Try hard to pretend
Banking your pence’s
And yet to what end?
Ground moonbeams roasted
And fed to the masses
Who don’t ask questions
Morals and molasses
Standoff at Dodge City
Ten paces at dawn
Ethical genocide
Battle lines drawn
Highway robbery
Caffeine snobbery
Dead man’s boots
Amazonian roots
The Old Gunner
Last one to go down
Fighting hard
A shooting star
Bucks the trend
Yet to what end?
© The Old Gunner 21.02.2013
By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
Cowboy (Photo credit: Kevin Zollman)
