Famously, “No man is an island”
But there are those who deserve to be
Exiled for a whole lifetime’s remand
For their crimes against humanity
Their greed, hubris, crass stupidity
– Insanity may be an island
But no defence for crimes so clearly planned
By would be Kings in perpetuity
Building a court to destroy the land
Feathering the nest of their dynasty
Destroying hard-won democracy
No regard for how the future lands
– Against such Fascism we must surely
Draw the firmest red line in the sand…
© Andrew Wilson, 2026
Over at dVerse Poets Pub, Björn Rudberg (brudberg) in Meeting the Bar: Critique and Craft invites us to use negation as a poetic tool…
