anartao : Writing

Manufacturing slavery

Manufacturing slavery

A Poem by anartao


Another monument’s raised in rubble as a cell becomes a tomb, hopes and dreams lie buried with the bodies they exhume Twisted and dus..
For Nicholas, my brother

For Nicholas, my brother

A Poem by anartao


Ten years ago today i faced a storm on sorrow's shore, its sands had fallen still within the hour glass The winds stripped bare al..
For Ken Saro-Wiwa

For Ken Saro-Wiwa

A Poem by anartao


A land cracked and torn asunder for what lay beneath, bleeding to fill coffers held in foreig..
The new Gods

The new Gods

A Poem by anartao


From crucifixes to credit cards, from Crusades to free market demands The new gods have arrived, and like the old have blood stained hands Wired deit..
The hypocrisy of grief

The hypocrisy of grief

A Poem by anartao


The emperor speaks his solemn words, with sombre tone and downcast eyes The linguistics of grief, a eulogy of young lives taken by surprise Speaking ..
The future's just a re-run of the past

The future's just a re-run of the past

A Poem by anartao


The shock on people’s faces as they realised at long last that the future being written was a re-run of the past A stutter in the narrative as ..
The myth of the yoke

The myth of the yoke

A Poem by anartao


Conditioned into thinking that we need a guiding hand,bound to go right off the rails unless the course is plannedUnable or unwilling to act within th..
This house of cards

This house of cards

A Poem by anartao


A single thudding heartbeat in a sea of disconnection,a weeping heart amongst these effigies of stoneIn the midst of material dreams a vision’s ..
Echoes of Afghanistan

Echoes of Afghanistan

A Poem by anartao


Echoes of Afghanistan in arming primitive mindsThe enemies of our enemy does not mean a friend’s definedSupporting violent prophets in their vis..
I am .....

I am .....

A Poem by anartao


I am the downwards journey of the guillotines blade
, releasing heads made heavy from the crowns of Empire made
 I am the star..