Original Artwork by Mariam Sawires
If I were a kitten
the world would be smitten
but I am a seven year old war-bitten
little honey-eyed girl
Locked up in detention.
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Category: Social Justice
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happy world refugee day, princess
Posted at 5:45 pm , on June 21, 2026
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to live and give birth and make love
Posted at 1:09 pm , on May 21, 2026
Original Artwork by MARIAM SAWIRES
I turn, bidding to see life, and whenever I do
I see pain and poverty, hurt and hunger, labour and liquidationBut instead, I adore but these, infinite sensations
I like to descry a wildflower, gentle
I have never seen a flower give birth
But I have seen mothers separated from their offspringIn Spring
I like to touch the lilies and feel their coarse and supple silk
I have never seen a flower make love
But I have seen lovers hung from ropes, forgottenIn Autumn
I like to taste the rainwater left on the bracts overnight
I have never seen a flower so thirsty, it begs to die
But I have seen children ripped by a sniper’s tender bullet and sinterIn Winter
I like to listen to the soft wedding bell melodies created by the petals as they marry the grass
I have never seen snow bury a flower in cold blood
But I have seen powder detonate and deliberately rob the soul of a loverFrom next Summer:
I will turn and accept life is full of these unfair stories.
I wish it weren’t like this.
But I’ve learnt these injustices harden my flower. -
Thoughts from a busy tram
Posted at 5:51 pm , on March 7, 2026
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When ISIS killed Iraqi boys for watching soccer
Posted at 11:52 am , on March 1, 2026
They killed a dozen boys in brazen daylight
Their sin: soccer watching, goofin’ round & flying a kite
Can you smell the charred remains of the teenage boys?
Can you imagine your own young’ens being burnt for playing with toys?
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Muslims voting for the GOP?
Posted at 3:57 pm , on February 26, 2026
Saba AhmedDoes that name ring a bell?
She’s the Muslim Republican casting a spell
On fellow Muslims to vote for Trump, that soulless shell
Arguing Democrats’ policies of same sex marriage will send us all to hell…
Know this, my dear sister: Once you become trapped inside his oppression well
No one will hear your cries for help, no matter how hard God will help you yell.
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Nauru revokes all Australian visitor visas: airline
Posted at 5:03 pm , on February 19, 2026
Nauru, be proudAll you have provided refugees till now are
Unjust looks, acrid smirks and their shroud.
Rancid scum will reek from your conscience
Until history spits you in its pits of the immoral haemorrhoid crowd.
author disclaimer: I’m no journo, so you can’t slap me with $8,000 for your foul, puss-scented visa, if I ever apply for one. I’m just a human thinking about your atrocities out loud. -
#America
Posted at 12:31 pm , on February 18, 2026
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How the world sees Australia
Posted at 9:10 pm , on February 16, 2026
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gloomy policies
Posted at 11:40 am , on February 14, 2026
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Good Muslim Boy published by Hardie Grant; book cover design by Mark Campbell; weaving by Cathy Tipping
