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Poem about refugees

The following splendid creation was put up on twitter by Brian Bilston who has it seems become known as the unofficial Poet Laureate of the social media.  Twitterati probably already know it but it's new for me.

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Permalink Reply by mother hen on October 2, 2022 at 11:39

Brilliant. Thank you.

Permalink Reply by Anonymous Bosch on October 2, 2022 at 17:46

I await the Moloney

Permalink Reply by EMC2 on October 3, 2022 at 21:30

Permalink Reply by EMC2 on October 2, 2022 at 23:16

Nice one, Dick.

Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on October 3, 2022 at 12:07

Thanks Dick. Brian Bilston is much better than many a previous Poet Laureate. As Anonymous Bosch says, we await the other Brian's response. 

Just one niggle: the pedant in me suggests that 'These haggard faces could belong to you or me', rather than 'I'.

Permalink Reply by Brian Mahoney on October 3, 2022 at 13:07

I see that I have some fans.Thank you Eddie and Mr Bosch. And, yes, of course I am happy to endorse the poem. It is clever and heartfelt and sums up the sympathy that any right thinking person has for genuine refugees. 

Illegal economic migrants pretending to be refugees on the other hand are another story.

Permalink Reply by Doodle on October 4, 2022 at 7:51

Here here

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