Poetry Published in North of Oxford Anthology II ” Pandemic Of Violence-Poets Speak”

Honored to be published in the “PANDEMIC OF VIOLENCE II – Poets Speak AN ANTHOLOGY ONLINE FROM NORTH OF OXFORD”. My poem ” The Revolving Door” has been published in the current edition.

Honored to share the space with TS Hawkins, Charles Rammelkamp, Dee Allen, Mike Reis, Bruce Deemer, Kyle Toon, George McDermott, Lois Perch Villemaire, Alan Catlin, Megha Sood, Tony Dawson, Robert Cooperman, Roger G. Singer, Greg Bem, John D. Robinson, Patricia Carragon, Louis Faber, Henry Crawford, Michael Todd Steffen, Mary McCarthy, and M. J. Arcangelini

The Revolving Door by Megha Sood

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I start the radio first thing in the morning

blaring noises, starving children screaming

dying in the refugee camps

a place for refuge,

a place for solace

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A diffused IED unexpectedly

goes off in some part of the world

abruptly ending the dreams

of a 5-year-old

on the way to eat his favorite bread

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The movement is on the rise

the streets are jam-packed

my heart is emboldened with grief

and the eyes have run dry

another day,

another set of fliers,

and another hashtag trending

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But this incessant fear of endlessly trying

like a hamster on the wheel

succumbed to this voiceless din

with no destination in sight

a blob in the pool of

faceless charades

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I drag myself sluggishly

to my office building

waiting at the entrance

of this giant rotating door

to start its next turn.

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2022/08/20/pandemic-of-violence-anthology-ii-poets-speak/

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introduction from the editor:

Violence of humanity has been with us since mythology came into existence. The myth of Cain and Abel, documents the first homicide; domestic abuse; jealousy of power, all of which continue today. Slavery, wars over land, homicides, and violence in cities and countryside’s have all been common occurrences throughout history. Wars over doctrine; religion; power; fascists; racists; monarchs; autocrats all opposed to freedom of will for people have been collected into the history of every nation and continent where, man has resided. School violence in North America can be traced to 1764. So where are we in 2022?

The poets speak in this anthology of war; racial division; lack of equity; of school violence; of domestic violence; of child abuse; the need for gun control, of violence in the streets. In some small way the editors are hopeful the words of the poets will cast light upon the darkness; make us better people; light a spark to cause humanity to begin to mature; cast the past away; end the violence that plagues our people. A tall order for a small online anthology, but the change has to start somewhere, a beginning possibly to ending thousands of years of humanities abuse of humanity.

g emil reutter

Happy Poetry!!

Megha Sood