Ollie Lind Poetry

They say “Scratch a funny man and you will find tragedy underneath.” I was thinking about this one day. Along the lines of how we sometimes try to trick ourselves and everybody else. We trivialise ourselves and others, make fun of people (often in a cruel manner) never realising that the only person really hurt [...]

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I read this week about Dafur. It seems that the crisis there is now worse than it has ever been. I have written a poem to express my dismay at how we, as civilized beings, can allow atrocities such as Dafur to continue. Oh, I hear the politicians say how complex the problems are and [...]

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