Lizz Murphy - Poem 363: 400 children held

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Lizz Murphy - Poem 356: wind in the eaves

wind in the eaves             like a cry from a child             under rubble

 

Lizz Murphy - Poem 353: 2 million

Lizz Murphy - Poems 330: Vanishing

Lizz Murphy - Poem 229: Child of Aleppo

CHILD OF ALEPPO

rubble dusted

weeping temple wound

blood soaked

wipes his dazed head

looks at the blood

wipes his small hand

waits 

in the ambulance 

stares ahead

we send him viral

— from various media repots including: 

'Battle for Aleppo: Photo of shocked and bloodied Syrian five-year-old sparks outrage' at

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37116349 accessed August 19, 2016

Lizz Murphy - Poem 227: he died ...

— a nod to Kit Kelen's need to know basis

he died 

as a child - nothing there

he came back

Lizz Murphy - Poem 218: Lilt xxix. Dancing the Schuhplattler

LILT xxix. 

DANCING THE SCHUHPLATTLER

I demonstrate German dancing slapping thighs

slapping knees slapping feet and for a finale

slapping faces Her glasses fly from her face

her tears fly from her eyes  she flies inside to

her mammy me calling but that's how they did

it on the TV! It was a long time ago I still feel bad

Lizz Murphy - Poem 216: The long and the short of it

THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT

The man with the long
forehead and short legs
has a baby I feel for it

Lizz Murphy - Poem 194: snowy ... (for Myron Lysenko)

for Myron Lysenko

snowy trampoline

magnificence reflected

in her eyes her soul

P.S. Cottier #8 (haiku)

And now, this year
she could learn to drive —
I need age-bags

P.S. Cottier