Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts

Wednesday, 10 February 2021

You and whose army?


Napoleon riding on his horse 
The British Expeditionary Force 
The Vikings and the Visigoths 
An Airforce flight of Tiger Moths 
Attila’s sweeping horde of Huns 
The French artillery at Verdun 
Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps 
The Russian Navy’s ships of war 
The Argentine Pucara planes 
Arabs attacking Turkish trains 
Hitler’s armoured Panzer groups 
Ten regiments of paratroops 
The Armada of the Spanish king 
The soldiers of the Emperor Ming 
A squadron of the boys in blue 
Every elephant that ever lived in a zoo 
America’s nuclear submarines 
All of England’s kings and queens 
and every army at their command 
none could pluck me from Your hand 
None of these is tough enough 
to trouble you at any hour 
None of these is strong enough 
to overcome Your resurrection power


Steve Wheeler © 10 February, 2021

Monday, 18 January 2021

Cancel culture



Feed the vulture, cancel culture, 
Stitch up surgeons with their sutures 
Stone the prophets, steal their futures 
Prevent clairvoyants telling fortunes 
Cancel agents and their clients 
Halt the scientists, stop the science 
Erase all emblems of defiance 
Tear down works of literary giants 
Silence sculptors and musicians 
Artists, painters and magicians 
Cancel art that speaks against you 
Blot out history that offends you 
Limit the freedom of the press 
Shut down the media, more or less 
Cancel language, cancel talking 
Stop us thinking, running, walking 
Cancel culture, flex the strong arm 
Cancel all that triggers alarms 
Call them all out, name and shame them 
Cancel culture, then pass the blame on 


Steve Wheeler © 17 January, 2021