Capitalist ghouls
Tricking people to buy treats
Selling Halloween
Trees trimmed lights twinkle
Eyes transfixed on shiny gifts
Thieves lurk 'neath tinsel
All palms are empty
To learn we must live in debt
The young made to pay
Moulding our nation
Minds to engage and enthral
Knowledge is not free
You charge us to learn
You then tax all that we earn
In Hell You should burn
You sneer at our grime
While you stand tall on our backs
A nation held down
How can you face us
Your lies still ring in our ears
You squandered our trust
Children are hungry
Fear and despair in their eyes
Unwell on Welfare
Every penny
Kept safe for a rainy day
Cannot stem the tide
No shelter to find
For the people of the street
Winter leers at them
Not a downward glance
From their ivory towers
Fat Cats rule the world
Britain is dying
Industry and assets sold
Demon Baroness
The true cost of blue
Our independence and pride
Nothing to Conserve
Money and Power
International players
Global game of shame
Leaders of the world
Corrupt dealings in shadows
False democracy
Cannot make ends meet
Robbing Peter to pay Paul
Oppressive regime
Money spent on arms
Many dying and starving
Feed people not war
Anger frustration
Burning our streets and cities
We must douse the flames
David Cameron
Do you see how we suffer?
Reach down and save us
We stretch out our hands
We are not begging for scraps
Pull us from darkness
Stop now the killing
Innocent people dying
Our world longs for Peace
Blood stained pyramids
People will no longer bear
Greed and corruption
They aim for terror
But people pull together
In strength we unite
Hearts filled with sadness
Yet still beating strong and true
The city of love
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Climate Change
I composed these Haikus as a commission from Professor Hovhanness I. Pilikian, who was inspired (and inspired me!) by a series of classically beautiful and profoundly meaningful sculptures created by Isaac Cordal on the global issue of Climate Change.
Isaac Cordal is a Spanish artist who works with photography and sculpture, generally in the context of the urban environment.
Billowing black smokeCausing angels' eyes to weep
Poisoning Heaven
What future for Earth
Solar rays barren death fields
Eternal Summer
We have raped the Earth
Assaulted Mother Nature
We'll drown in her tears
Too late to discussThe truth of Global Warming
We are drowning now
Industry worshipped
In our vast dark factories
Today's cathedrals
Oligarchs of death
Destroying God's creation
Your greed will drown us
Wading in to work
With your briefcase full of lies
It can't save US now
Industry to blame
Years of burning fossil fuels
Mining our own deaths
Blind to climate change
Denying Global Warming
Waist deep in water
Witch-hunts are pointless
No nation is more at fault
We must all unite
Too late for meetings
More Global Warming summits
The tides are rising
What of your children
Beware of your legacy
Killing their future
Wake up and listen
Earth's resources are finite
Apathy can kill
People must unite
Stop the wave of destruction
And turn back the tide
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Links to other blogs by Phaedra Behrent:
http://phaedra-haikus.blogspot.com/
