anartao : Writing

Many lamps, one light

Many lamps, one light

A Poem by anartao


The poet Rumi once wrote of many lamps that shine one light ,the forms and bodies vary though the same fire ignitesEach the manifestation of a single ..
Connected through a chronic disconnect

Connected through a chronic disconnect

A Poem by anartao


Life’s become an upload of the crass and the mundane, connected through the chronic disconnect we try in vainto overcome via reaching out throug..
To condemn or to condone ?

To condemn or to condone ?

A Poem by anartao


Terror is the knife to neck, but not the buzzing drone, a bullet and a ditch but not a toddlers body blown apart as death rains down upon ..
Empty heads are ripe for filling

Empty heads are ripe for filling

A Poem by anartao


Empty heads are ripe for filling with empty stories made to fit, this dulling of our consciousness we actively permit, reality ign..
Parasites of tragedy

Parasites of tragedy

A Poem by anartao


Fields now turned to graveyards with what’s fallen from the skies, In a land already plagued by words that wear a dark disguise Conflic..
The sliding scales of sympathy

The sliding scales of sympathy

A Poem by anartao


Hatreds harvest comes again in a rocky Hebron field This bloodied land so fertile each year brings a larger yield Seeds planted and plough..
Seeing the sun in the mirror

Seeing the sun in the mirror

A Poem by anartao


Watching those connected to a state of disconnect The geometry of random lines that never intersect A million little stars who in the mirro..
Jihad and the west

Jihad and the west

A Poem by anartao


The cradle of civilisation trembles under blackened flags, the barrels preaching sermons to their flocks of body bags Visions of a paradise ..
The lynching of Jesse Washington

The lynching of Jesse Washington

A Poem by anartao


A white woman found murdered in a land of deep divides, of hatred based on race towards those stolen on the tides, where freedom found remai..
Crimes of honesty

Crimes of honesty

A Poem by anartao


The proverbial fleece that once covered just eyes it appears has migrated to tongues, truth has been censored and sentences passed on the basis ..