Burkini: Banned
A simple day out at the beach?
No. Now we measure your modesty
Only, unlike days gone past
It’s too much not too little.
In the land of liberty and equality
Rich white men meet in conclave
To discuss freeing women from male bondage
By imposing laws upon them
Determining what they may wear.
In the bastions of terror
Evil men cheer this victory
A perfect oppression to stir recruits
And justify atrocities.
The rights of the women are forgotten
As all these men draw the lines in their war.
Denial
You are not who
You think you are
Keep repeating that mantra
Maybe
Just maybe
You can convince yourself
Identity (I)
Asking: Who am I?
Question so many ask
Fearing the answer
DJ Tyrer is the person behind Atlantean Publishing, was placed second in the 2015 Data Dump Award for Genre Poetry, and has been published in The Rhysling Anthology 2016, issues of Cyaegha, Carillon, Frostfire Worlds, Illumen, The Pen, Scifaikuest, Sirens Call, Tigershark and California Quarterly, and online at Makata,Three Drops from a Cauldron, Bindweed, Poetry Pacific, Scarlet Leaf Review and The Muse, as well as releasing several chapbooks, including the critically acclaimed Our Story.
DJ Tyrer’s website is athttp://djtyrer.blogspot.co.uk/
The Atlantean Publishing website is athttp://atlanteanpublishing.blogspot.co.uk/
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