Tag: pride

• The Lion’s Share

  

  Camel aside, the straw that broke the lion’s back was not in fact a straw at all, but the utter gall of the Pride arriving after the fall, Her cry was guttural and yet they stalled, But had they been there still – had that been their will – curiosity may not have lured this…

  Serena Malcolm

  11 January, 2020

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  alone, Analogy, death, family, friends, hardship, isolation, life, lion, loneliness, metaphor, poem, poet, poetry, pride, story, struggle

• The Launch by Reece Malcolm

  

  So I have been writing since I was 7, inspired by my father’s own passion for poetry and his enviable way with words. My older brother’s remarkable love affair with poetry also started at a young age and his career has really taken off this year. You should check him out if you get a…

  Serena Malcolm

  21 October, 2015

  Inspire

  chip off the old block, family, genes, inspire, launch, legacy, mother, next generation, poem, poet, poetry, pride, proud, rocket, son, space, writer

• Unchained

  

  Mr Organ Grinder, Please discard your bait, I will no longer dine Upon you hate, Your slurs disguised as playfulness serve only to fat my stubbornness, Heels dug in, Now listen well; You do not own this coloured girl, I will not dance, No sir, Not today, And your ignorance is in my way, If…

  Serena Malcolm

  19 February, 2015

  Inspire

  colour, inspire, metaphor, monkey, organ grinder, poem, poetry, prejudice, pride, race, racism

• No Apology

  

  I make no apology for being me, I may wear my heart upon my sleeve, I may laugh like Marge, I may kiss my teeth and evoke a hamster when I sneeze, But I make no apology for who I am, My skin is wolf but my blood is lamb, Defender of truth and taker…

  Serena Malcolm

  8 September, 2014

  Inspire

  honesty, inspire, poem, poems, poetry, power, pride, strength, truth