Undercurrent

On the surface the soft yashmak of surf
bubbles over the sheen of army green water
underneath which a shoal of multi-coloured
fish fill an aquarium of differences
where species pass each other with diffidence.

Sometimes a prey will be preyed on,
a sacrifice made in the name of some god.
Who knows why it is this way and not different?
Beware of the deep undercurrent.

© John Saunders

Woolwich murder: The suspected attackers

John Saunders’ first collection ‘After the Accident’ was published in 2010 by Lapwing Press, Belfast. John is one of three featured poets in  Measuring,  Dedalus New Writers published by Dedalus Press in May 2012. His second full collection Chance was published in April 2013 by New Binary Press.

Nothing...

A man dead
And another dead
Doesn't  matter
Where it takes place

It’s a man dead
And another dead

Human life as cheap as the newspaper you buy
As disposable as crisp wrappers
As worthless as yesterday’s news

A man dead
Another
On its way

A machete
A gun
A slash across the throat
Thank god it’s not you
It’s certainly nothing ... new

© David Mellor

Man dead in suspected Woolwich terror attack

David was born in Liverpool in 1964. He left school with nothing, rummaged around various dead end jobs, then back to college and uni. In his 20s he first discovered poetry, starting writing and performing and has done so ever since. He has lived on the Wirral for the past eight years.