Every year, C.M. Simpson gathers up the
short stories, flash fiction and poetry she’s written, published, or prepared
for publishing, and puts them into a single volume. This year, there are two
volumes. The first volume consists of all the work, C.M. has re-discovered from
her early years of writing.
As C.M. explains at the beginning of each
volume “poems and short stories form the
playground I use to explore ways of putting words on paper to create different
effects” and each volume contains a variety of styles and subjects,
accompanied by what it was that inspired her at the time. This piece was
sparked by events in the real world.
This poem was inspired by the eight soldiers who
were captured during the Gulf War. They were accused of having left
international waters. I cannot recall if they were ever successfully retrieved
or returned. This poem was written on 26 June 2004.
Eight men,
paraded on
international TV
like a half-dead
sparrow
allowed to
flutter
while its captor
yowls
drawing the
attention
of
the world.
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