ISLAM, US & UN: 3 rictameters

ISLAM, US & UN: 3 rictameters



ISLAM


ISLAM

Islam,
Which, truly, is
A widespread religion,
Seems to be on crossroads today,
Promoting jihad and suicide bombers,
Hijacking planes, striking towers,
Rejecting other faiths,
Except itself,
Islam.


US

US,
Superpower,
Has become super cop;
Or, arrogantly, thinks it has.
It can’t control gunfire by kids in schools,
But bombs others’ WMD,
Which never existed!
I pity you,
US.


UN


UN,
Ruled by Annan,
Looked just the other way
When US invaded Iraq.
Annan got Nobel, courtesy US.
Then he called the war illegal.
But, to punish US,
Was powerless,
UN.


* Rictameter is a nine line, 50 syllable, poem. The first line has two syllables. There is an increment of 2 syllables per line till the fifth line has 10 syllables. Thereafter each subsequent line is two syllables shorter. The last line is a repeat of the first. There is no rhyming requirement.
* Initaially written as Entry #352749 in the BOOK--MISCELLANEA , "MISCELLANEA" . Posted as the present item on 23 January 2010.


M C Gupta
10 June 2005