Diamante Verses #002
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
CBD (I)
CBD
Heartless, soulless
Ripping, rending, killing
Homeless people slowly dying
Using, abusing, destroying
Unconscionable, unforgivable
Inner Melbourne
THE CITY (II)
Melbourne
Dark, gloomy
Depressing, grieving, crying
A morass of hopelessness
Wishing, hoping, failing
Perverted, ruthless
The City
EARTH TODAY
Earth
Polluted, dirty
Dying, failing, heating
Global warming killing us
Crying, losing, burning
Drowning, sickly
Terra Firma
THE GRIM REAPER (I)
The Grim Reaper
Lethal, sly
Reaping, chopping, scything
Grimly slaying human beings
Cutting, lopping, killing
Deadly, final
Death!
LIFE IN THE 21st CENTURY (I)
Now
Hopeless, lost
Hurting, hating, harming
Dour, dire, dirty, depressing
Tearing, tormenting, torturing,
Helpless, wary
Today
MARIBYRNONG
Maribyrnong
Rancid, fetid
Trying, failing, dying
Poverty, misery, homelessness, desperation
Hoping, praying, begging
Evil, worthless
Footscray
MELBOURNE TOWN
Melbourne
Hungry, angry
Struggling, crying, pleading
Helplessness, despair, suffering, loneliness
Wanting, needing, asking
Hardhearted, unyielding
Victoria
UNEMPLOYMENT (I)
Unemployment
Degraded, downtrodden
Begging, pleading, failing
No-one gives a damn!
Crying, sighing, dying
Beaten, belittled
The forgotten
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on May 16, 2021
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,239 |
Words | 166 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 3 |
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