WikiLeaks
is leaking,
haemorrhaging,
soon to be dead
says Julian,
if the funds can’t get through
invisible gatekeepers say no,
Visa, MasterCard, PayPal,
Western Union, Bank of America
have turned off
the life blood,
a sacrifice
to stop further leaks,
jugular payback
snarl the offended,
let’s stop playing monopoly
groans Julian
and fetch a real doctor.
© Gabrielle Bryden
Wikileaks wins court battle against Visa in Iceland over blocked donations
Gabrielle is an Australian poet published in a range of books, print and online journals and on ABC National radio. She blogs at http://gabriellebryden.wordpress.com and tweets as GabrielleBryden.
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Saturday, 21 July 2012
Monday, 12 December 2011
Making a Stand
T.S. Eliot
Prize for Poetry
is supported
by a hedge fund –
that’s a bit prickly,
a bit pear shaped,
a bit suspect
for an anti-capitalist.
Ouch!
John Kinsella
makes a stand
on the pointy end
of capitalism.
I withdraw my nomination,
he shouts, then jumps
with a dramatic flourish.
It began with Alice Oswald -
poetry should be questioning
not endorsing such institutions.
The Government
is pulling the funds,
left, right and centre.
What’s a poor
Poetry Book Society
to do?
Where do you find
that stream of purest money
to finance the arts?
No-one has an answer
but making headlines -
must be good
for poets and poetry;
another layer in the
proof of existence.
© Gabrielle Bryden
We shouldn't forget that TS Eliot was a banker
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Gabrielle Bryden is an Australian poet published in a range of books, print and online journals and on ABC National radio. She blogs at http://gabriellebryden.wordpress.com and tweets as GabrielleBryden.
Prize for Poetry
is supported
by a hedge fund –
that’s a bit prickly,
a bit pear shaped,
a bit suspect
for an anti-capitalist.
Ouch!
John Kinsella
makes a stand
on the pointy end
of capitalism.
I withdraw my nomination,
he shouts, then jumps
with a dramatic flourish.
It began with Alice Oswald -
poetry should be questioning
not endorsing such institutions.
The Government
is pulling the funds,
left, right and centre.
What’s a poor
Poetry Book Society
to do?
Where do you find
that stream of purest money
to finance the arts?
No-one has an answer
but making headlines -
must be good
for poets and poetry;
another layer in the
proof of existence.
© Gabrielle Bryden
We shouldn't forget that TS Eliot was a banker
--------------------------------------------------------
Gabrielle Bryden is an Australian poet published in a range of books, print and online journals and on ABC National radio. She blogs at http://gabriellebryden.wordpress.com and tweets as GabrielleBryden.
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Death Penalty
Relief and tears on hearing
that young Scott Rush will live
to face life in an Indonesian prison,
not death by firing squad.
To shoot in cold blood,
that’s killing,
Truman Capote style:
Dick Hickock and Perry Smith
slaughtered a family of four
innocence – gunned and sliced
remorseless, senseless!
The young Rush boy carried drugs,
part of the Bali nine,
not a ringleader, a minor mule
with brains to match.
He didn’t kill anyone,
drug users make their choice,
just stupid bravado, bad company
and the broken hearted
parents living his nightmare.
© Gabrielle Bryden
Bali Nine's Scott Rush avoids death penalty
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Gabrielle Bryden is an Australian poet published in Ripples, Speedpoets, Extempore magazines; Cherry Blossom Review, Lunarosity, Divan, Bolts of Silk, Third Eye, Specusphere ezines; and on national ABC Radio.
that young Scott Rush will live
to face life in an Indonesian prison,
not death by firing squad.
To shoot in cold blood,
that’s killing,
Truman Capote style:
Dick Hickock and Perry Smith
slaughtered a family of four
innocence – gunned and sliced
remorseless, senseless!
The young Rush boy carried drugs,
part of the Bali nine,
not a ringleader, a minor mule
with brains to match.
He didn’t kill anyone,
drug users make their choice,
just stupid bravado, bad company
and the broken hearted
parents living his nightmare.
© Gabrielle Bryden
Bali Nine's Scott Rush avoids death penalty
-----------------------------------------------------
Gabrielle Bryden is an Australian poet published in Ripples, Speedpoets, Extempore magazines; Cherry Blossom Review, Lunarosity, Divan, Bolts of Silk, Third Eye, Specusphere ezines; and on national ABC Radio.
Friday, 25 February 2011
Cable
Justice taking form, stop
uber hacker
leading the way,
information for the people, stop
alien tresses, attitude,
no giving up.
All is not lost,
sign of the times,
seismic shift in paradigm, stop
assuage no one
no way back,
genius programs
everything known, stop
© Gabrielle Bryden
Wikileaks: no proof that Julian Assange encouraged leak
Gabrielle Bryden is an Australian poet published in Ripples, Speedpoets, Extempore magazines; Cherry Blossom Review, Lunarosity, Divan, Bolts of Silk, Third Eye, Specusphere ezines; and on national ABC Radio.
uber hacker
leading the way,
information for the people, stop
alien tresses, attitude,
no giving up.
All is not lost,
sign of the times,
seismic shift in paradigm, stop
assuage no one
no way back,
genius programs
everything known, stop
© Gabrielle Bryden
Wikileaks: no proof that Julian Assange encouraged leak
Gabrielle Bryden is an Australian poet published in Ripples, Speedpoets, Extempore magazines; Cherry Blossom Review, Lunarosity, Divan, Bolts of Silk, Third Eye, Specusphere ezines; and on national ABC Radio.
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