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I watched the news today…

Kyia 1998 (London)

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I watched the news today.
There’s a war again.
 people fighting  
Babies dying
Calamity has won.

I watched the news today
Another child’s been stabbed.
Mothers wailing
Systems failing
Please, not another one.

I watched the news today
The planets slowly dying.
Storms are raging
Fires blazing
My God, what have we done?




…I don’t want to turn the tv on today.
There’s nothing I can do
Mind is racing
Heart is breaking
I’m sympathetic ..and I’m numb.

About this poem

The feeling of helplessness whilst watching all the turmoil in the world occur.

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Written on October 21, 2023

Submitted by Kyia.jb.w on October 21, 2023

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Scheme Axbbc Axbbc Abbbc axbbx
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 478
Words 98
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5
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