Acid Test
5 days, 5 poems, 25 words each
Published in
Oct 27, 2020
Litmus virus
leaves scarlet stain
of shame
across nations’ conscience.
Mapping poverty,
inequality and dread
in stark red,
as infection spreads
through veins of disadvantage.
My thanks to Suntonu Bhadra for the inspiration to write this “multiplier of five” series. The challenge is to write five poems of 25 words each, in five days, all on a common theme. I have chosen the theme of “leaves”. This is my third in the series, you can find the first two here:
