POETRY CORNER
Blue and Yellow We love receiving your poetry, printing a selection every week. Send your verse to news@rdg.today
In twenty twenty-two the world
changed colour,
Adopting both yellow and blue; These are the colours of Ukraine’s
flag,
So no other colours will do.
Russia invaded that country
With no provocation at all,
They wreaked devastation widely, Causing hundreds of buildings to fall.
The result of this terrible onslaught Has put much of the world against
Russia;
Multinationals have severed
connections,
And countries have imposed more
sanctions;
Individuals are supporting Ukraine By displaying that Nation’s hues, With badges and ribbons or clothes Which are mostly in yellows and
blues.
Some countries are highlighting
buildings,
Two colours being projected in
beams;
Many sportsmen have the flag on
their Tshirts
In support of Ukrainian teams. Politicians are also conforming With promotion of Ukraine’s plight, Wearing lapel badges showing the
colours,
Which is preferable to joining the
fight.
In the glittering world of the cinema There were BAFTA awards last
week,
The actors all dressed up in D.J’s
Wearing two colour badges to
complete.
Now Russia has spectacularly
succeeded
In uniting the whole world against it, Putin’s managed this all on his own, And it’s well past the time he should
quit.
He controls all the news on TV
With a bias which is blatantly wrong, Thus the truth is kept from the
people
Who believe the wars end won’t be
long.
But an ever-growing number of
Russians
Get the facts from outside their
State,
This makes them aghast at their
country
Killing innocents with weapons and
hate.
But a protest in Russia is illegal,
With long prison sentences imposed, So they daren’t wave the flag of
Ukraine
As there’s a risk of being deposed. Instead they stay stoically silent, Unaware of what lies in store,
For this invasion has lasted 4 weeks
now,
But no-one must call it a war!
Lorna Minton