The Stanza Mar Menor writers always have something to say about the injustices in this world and the present is no exception. We have been active in writing to 'the unknown soldier' on the website of 14-18 NOW-WW1 Centenary Art Commissions where twenty thousand pieces of writing have been received. Likewise the Splurge of Poppies at The Tower of London might well invoke some thought. Also there is is Gaza, the Ukraine, but also environmental matters such as the one below entitled Smithy Wood.
I will pay tribute to my fellow writers for their never ending support, encouragement, suggestions and where necessary pointing out any flaws that there may be. Without this attention to detail I would be far less of a writer - so thank you.
Smithy Wood
For centuries, just a bit at a time,
we've been eating at your extremities
like a rat nibbles at the corn bin rim
to eat while others cause calamities.
Man has plans. You cannot keep hiding there.
He is after you, never mind about
Marples, he severed you, laying you bare
for the M1 on a north to south route.
He scuffed edges too, the feeder roads
went in and then the 'coup de grace' they call
junction thirty-five, the crown that just folds
you into a paddock, zipped hold-all.
Now we are getting serious, they are
after you yet again. It's bigger - now
you'll be gutted, eviscerated core
for fast track HS2 and so we row.
Check this out, see the death knell for the
heart to be 'grave-yarded' under concrete
plans for a pit stop for the weary, see
the rise of convenient signs - that's not right!
Their homes erased, folk moved on for short
term answers, but our trees we have to love
much more, so make 'em royal in the court -
the growth of centuries we have to have.
John Edwards (C) July 2014
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