Ollie Lind Poetry

I wrote this short poem during the short, brutal war in the Balkans. I was particularly touched by the tragic love of a Serbian girl for a Croatian boy. They both died so unnecessarily. This poem is my protest at mankind’s brutality and stupidity. There can be so much beauty and love in the world, [...]

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I have always been an avid reader. I particularly like ancient history. I loved reading of exotic places and events that shaped the world. Then I noticed something very strange to me. It was the cyclical nature of events. Time and again the same pattern of events would occur. Mankind would seem to repeat the [...]

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I have never had any difficulty in learning. I am blessed with a very good memory and have always had a passion for helping others to understand. When I was fifteen I used to go to a place called Silver City. It was a home for the intellectually handicapped on the outskirts of town. I [...]

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I often look at why so many people get stuck in the past and lose their opportunity to live life to the full. Similarly many just dream of the future and don’t do anything. I have always believed we must have a balance and that is what this poem is about. I hope you enjoy. [...]

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Living Have you ever wondered why so many take their life so seriously? Hoard each moment, don’t waste any; grasping time deleriously. As if living were to be consumed like food and drink, drunk to the full. Never the past to be exhumed, lest memory makes them fearful. Living should be a combination, present, past [...]

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Only a short time to go before America decides on the new leader of the Western world. Given the current turmoil I hope they get it right. As I am not an American it could be said it may not make much difference to me who is elected. I have no particular axe to grind, [...]

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I don’t know about you, but time is, to me is both the greatest asset and biggest problem we all have. So often there never seems to be enough to do everything life demands of us. On other occasions, time seems to slow as we drift along, no ambition or aim, to fritter away the [...]

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I was looking at the news the other night and saw (again) details of strife in the West Bank. We tend to become desensitized to violence, particularly religious violence. But it’s still real people who are suffering, and for what? This poem is simply my way of looking at the subject. I am not a [...]

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The declaration of independence by Kosovo echoed around the world. Personally, I am chilled at the thought of another conflict in this region. I wrote the following poem after the last conflict. I join all decent thinking men and women who fervently wish for peace. Live well, Ollie Lind Race Dead and dying should be [...]

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I drew inspiration for this poem from the knowledge that every major city on the planet has this problem. I believe we owe it to [tag-tec]our children[/tag-tec] to protect them from the circumstances depicted in the poem. So many of us simply shut our eyes when we see these children. If just one person stops [...]

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