Lizz Murphy - Poem 363: 400 children held

You may be interested in the No Way to Treat a Child campaign. 

Visit http://nwttac.dci-palestine.org/

Lizz Murphy - Poem 356: wind in the eaves

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

 

Lizz Murphy - Poem 355: Aleppo: Rivers of blood

Lizz Murphy - Poem 352: 50,000

Lizz Murphy - Poem 340: High price

Lizz Murphy - Poem 307: The world divided

THE WORLD DIVIDED

dispossessed

       surging

        fleeing

war     walls           

world divided

dispossessed 

           surging

fleeing

new walls           

dividing

dispossessed

      surging

        fleeing

barriers           

razor-wire

dispossessed

      surging

        fleeing

fleeing for their lives

the world divided

by walls

into frontlines

Ref:

McCathie, Andrew. 2016. 'Europe being divided by walls once again amid migrant crisis.' ABC News. Online [Accessed November 2, 2016] URL:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-29/calais-jungle-rising-walls-reinforce-fears-of-fortress-europe/7975400

Lizz Murphy - Poem 230: How computers shape our feelings (7) - Siri

SIRI 

Air strikes on civilians

‘I didn’t quite get that’

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 197: Conundrums

Lizz Murphy # 20 — 'War Zone Tours'

In response to the article:  

‘Russian travel company wants to sell tours to the front line of Syrian civil war’ 

published at news.com.au January 2016.