Hi All
It's a great day to share with you the work of an individual I find highly talented. Today - on the Jimmy Broccoli page and website - it is an honor to share the poetry of Pendraig with you!
I was first introduced to the writings of Pendraig only a few months ago - and immediately became a fan.
In Pendraig's own words:
Many thanks to Jimmy for the invite to share his bright Spotlight, he writes with passion and insight and it’s a delight to be on the same page.
Since creating my poetry page last summer and beginning sharing my writing with the world, I have been fortunate to connect with many talented writers and the wonderful poetry community has been so welcoming and supportive. I’ve been writing for a few years now and intend to string together my first collection this year. For my part I write about things that resonate with me - I feel, I think, I write, words find me - I hope these words resonate with you and thank you for reading, Pendraig the poet.
Here are two poems by Pendraig - and I'm certain you'll love them as much as I do! ____
Purple Hearts
Red eyes Blue tears More lies
More fears
You red They blue Nothing said
Remains true
Blue eyes Red blood More lies
No good
Whether red Wether blue Talking head
Different cue
Divided state Living in Fed hate
Look within
You them We us Women men
Minus plus
Red blues Blue reds Different hues
Purple heads
Surely find When mixed Colour blind
Be fixed
Purple hearts Millions dead People apart
Unite instead
©2023 by Pendraig The Poet ____
Capitalclysm
Private property predominantly owned by the wealthy, they’re doing nicely thanks with stocks and bonds and friends in banks
A self interest band guided by an invisible hand, invest their treasure without regard for the many nor any sociopolitical pressure
Competition is fiction when it doesn’t exist, as massive monopolies persist, producers dismissed if they try to resist
Market mechanics fixed and centralised, no surprise prices capped high, wages capped low, consumers buy with less to show
Freedom of choice between a rock and hard place, the sickened poverty stricken at the coalface, only rodents can win a rat race
Expanded role of government protecting business mates, an environment where citizens are criminalised by the police state
Capitalism, corruption, producing pollution, disparities and inequalities at the expense of our ecosystem and inevitably cataclysm
©2023 by Pendraig The Poet
Image: Pendraig.
