Thrilled to have my poem CUBIST GHETTOS published in International Times on 10th May 2025. My thanks to the Editors.

CUBIST GHETTOS

CUBIST GHETTOS

I think

To shrink

The distance

Of resistance

Inside self

To all else-



Knowing

Showing

Vulnerability

In the mystery

Leaves what is closed

Openly exposed-



To explanation

Under examination

When there isn’t one

That hasn’t gone

Until roof floor and sky door

Are no more-



Only roulette rubbles

Of drone troubles

Imprisoning

Reasoning

In cubist ghettos

Wearing jazz stilettos-



Flashing flamingo legs

To pink paradise Harlem heads

While new trees grow up mute

And ripen with strange fruit

Some whites too this time

A drowned boy me and mine.


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Strider Marcus Jones
Picture Rupert Loydell



Strider Marcus Jones – is a poet, law graduate and former civil servant from Salford, England with proud Celtic roots in Ireland and Wales. He is the editor and publisher of Lothlorien Poetry Journal https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogs.... A member of The Poetry Society, nominated for the Pushcart Prize x3 and Best of the Net x3, his five published books of poetry https://stridermarcusjonespoetry.word... reveal a maverick, moving between cities, playing his saxophone in smoky rooms.

His poetry has been published in numerous publications including: Poppy Road Review; International Times Magazine; The Galway Review; The Huffington Post USA; The Stray Branch Literary Magazine; Crack The Spine Literary Magazine; The Lampeter Review; Panoplyzine Poetry Magazine and Dissident Voice


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