At dverse poetry pub this evening Igrid has brought us into the realm of William Blake. We hace been asked t writ a piece of prose no longer than 144 words long to include the line “So, if we all do our part, they need not fear harm.”

“So, if all do their duty, they need not fear harm!”

Announced the ministry of poet’s poster. Last nights news report shared the death of bigotry. The last of the great inabilities of man to get along. The poster from the ministry now as famous as keep calm and carry on. It had

 called   to all poets, singers, songwriters and story tellers to free us of our hatred for each other. The first to fall was racism fallowed by bullying then sexism and then homophobia.

The spreading of love and respect finally bringing peace to humanity. destroying our need for self harm. installing love for all permutations of humnaity.

#peaceforall #poetryrules

 © 13/9/2021 rogleach for Dverse poets prompt.

Tonight at dverse poets pb Ingrid has invited to write an oral poem in the traditional manner of where poetry comes from. As a man of working class without a university education i rarely stick to the rules of modern written poetry. I do enjoy sharing my poetry at open mics nights which tend to be in poudy pubs full of loud musians and drunks singing along. a few weeks ago on one of my first times sharing after the pubs reopened i was heckled for the first time ever. my response came out on the spot. It is the only the i have done so. i have remembered it and only todat written it down it remans the only poem of mine i can recite from memory. sorry i can not put up a recording as i am on the free wordpress site and it doesn’t not support videos and audio clips.

#dverse #oralpoetry

Heckler put down!

There was a fat t***

Who lived in bigotry?

Who always voted tory?

He cackled once too often.

that night when he did heckle.

Now he is wearing buckles up his back

After getting this poets’ heckles up.

 © 31/08/2021