Tag: conflict

• Poor, Poor Joan

  

  Another victim is brought to tears by these antisocial miscreants, My colleague goes to roll his eyes and, silently, I must chastise him, As she calls on us to stop it, I pull a tissue from my pocket, From his he pulls his mobile phone and averts his eyes from poor, poor Joan. And as…

  Serena Malcolm

  7 April, 2018

  Other

  Anti-social behaviour, Apathy, ASB, conflict, creative writing, elderly, empathy, GloPoWriMo, life, NaPoWriMo, neighbours, NPT, poem, poems, poet, poetry, poetry community, Police, policing, poor, rhyme, SNT, sympathy, verse, writer, writing

• In Conversation

  

  You said you didn’t love me, You said all hope was gone, You said you didn’t want me, I said that you were wrong. You said that it was complex, You said I wouldn’t understand, You said we’d grown apart, I said I didn’t give a damn. You said that I was stupid, You said…

  Serena Malcolm

  25 April, 2014

  Heartbreak, Love

  anaphora, argument, conflict, conversation, heartbreak, love, NaPoWriMo, poetry, relationships