Ollie Lind Poetry

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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