This year (2017)

E.S. Conway 1985 (United Kingdom)



Life outside the line,
Not following the rules.
Terror on the streets,
Bullies in the schools.
Bigots on the internet,
Trolls on social media,
Never really smart,
Just reading Wikipedia.
Independent research,
No one uses that,
Because they heard it from a friend,
And that makes it a fact!
Donald trumps in office,
The UK voted brexit,
Russias knocking at the door,
While China sneaks in the exit.
A strong economy is just a dream,
Everyone's in debt.
Entire countries going bust,
Then playing hard to get.
So welcome one, welcome all,
Welcome to right here,
But hurry up better times,
We've really screwed this year!
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E.S. Conway

A poet by proxy of therapy. Her works (with only a couple of exceptions) are comprised of poems written in a form of therapy diary, they served for several years as an aid to dealing with situations that may or may not be within the poems themselves. This is also the reason for so much rhyming; though not necessary for poetry, it was part of what made poetry therapeutic for her and so is an almost certain constant. more…

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