The truth whispers,
‘’a happy heart can’t discriminate
between a crow and a cuckoo’’
making me an example
as I’m quite happy
from top to bottom,
so unmindful to the conflict
between macro and micro
as all is well to my swelled generosity.
My mirror is happy
so blissful to reflect the same images
of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide.
My bed room is also happy
in making innocuous adjustment
among its ever-changing components-
authorized and unauthorized
or open and hidden
and dutiful always to cover
my demand up for extra-amusement.
My spiritual master withdraws happily
his imposed prohibitions
on my free movement
and leaves my free domain
saying,
‘’I’m truly needed to an unhappy only’’.
Pijush Kanti Deb is a new Indian poet with around 261 published or
accepted poems and haiku in around 90 nos of national and
international magazines and journals [,print and online] like Down in
the dirt, Tajmahal Review, Pennine Ink, Hollow Publishing, Creativica
Magazine, Muse India, Teeth Dream Magazine,Hermes Poetry Journal, Grey
Borders, Dagda Publishing, Blognostic Black Mirror Magazine,
Dissident Voice Journal , Indiana Voice Journal Aji Magazine Calliope
Magazine, Leaves of Ink Magazine and many more.
His best achievement so far is the publication of his first poetry
collection,’’Beneath The Shadow Of A White Pigeon’’published by Hollow
Publishing is available on AMAZON.
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Poetry performance at Gli Eroici Furori art gallery, Milan, September 2015
Patrician Press poets Mark Brayley, Sara Elena Rossetti and Ilaria Locati performing in Milan at event hosted by Patrician Press: Art works are all by Charlie Johnson. Music by Elena Lila.
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Poem: The Great Obliviators by Ron Olsen
The Great Obliviators
by Ron Olsen
Stuck in Afghanistan
Without an exit plan
While drones fly
Where no soldiers need go
All this after
Vietnam
Iraq
Pakistan
And now Syria, too
We were warned this would happen
The glorification of war
Never-ending militarism
Not to be questioned
Or risk being accused of being less than American
Ike told us it was coming
Back in 61
The “rise of misplaced power” he said
The Military Industrial Complex
Now it’s here
Eisenhower, knew war
Those who now make war do not
But they are locked in
Not about to let go
As imperial America
Bites down
On the world
A pit bull in every yard
An urban assault vehicle in every garage
A gun in every drawer
Pepper spray in every purse
To fend off neighbors
Against the oncoming imagined apocalypse
ISIS beheadings
Plastic sheeting to cover your windows and doors
Smallpox in the mail
Sarin in the subways
Hijackers on our planes
The necessary threat
Without it, there is no fear
And without fear, no motivation
Without motivation
No public funding
Keeping the prophets of fear
In power
Cash fat sociopaths
Caring only for themselves
Gutting the middle class
Keeping the nation at war
To satisfy the greed
Of those whose greed knows no satisfaction
Only the need for more
© 2015 Ron Olsen – all rights reserved
Healthcare – A Poem
Healthcare
By Ron Olsen
When people profit from
Other people’s illness
Disease becomes more profitable
Than wellness
It doesn’t take a brain surgeon
To understand
Sickness perpetuates wealth
Free healthcare results in health
Try and move forward
Rather than back
And they’ll nail you with fear
And rail you with lies
While they pay off the doctors
And give the medical schools millions
To perpetuate
The myth of caring
© 2015 Ron Olsen / all rights reserved
Ron Olsen is a retired journalist who lives in Los Angeles. He writes essays and an occasional poem. More of his work can be found here.
